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Titill: 
  • Titill er á ensku Childhood´s trauma in The Go - Between and Atonement. An analysis of children’s psychosexual development in the novels by L. P. Hartley and Ian McEwan
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  • Bakkalár
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  • Útdráttur er á ensku

    This essay will analyze the representation of children’s trauma and its impact on their future in the novel Atonement by Ian McEwan and in the The Go – Between by L. P. Hartley, using Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalytic theories. At first, Briony’s and Leo’s fantasy motifs will be examined, in which both children are looking for a wish fulfilment. Briony is an aspiring young writer, who lives in her imaginary world, and who confuses reality with fantasy, resulting in tragedy. Leo believes that he is a powerful magician; through magic he idealizes people and becomes involved in an adult’s love affair. Then the focus will shift to the children’s personality and psychosexual development. Using Freudian theories of three elements of personality, id, ego, superego, to analyze Leo’s and Briony’s psyche, the emphasis will be on unconsciousness and how it controls children’s behaviour. Later on, discussion of the theory of psychosexual development will focus on the importance of the parents, and fixations at the various stages. Briony and Leo do not resolve successfully the phallic stage and their fixation leads to the tragedy. Furthermore to cope with a sense of guilt, Briony uses a defence mechanism, sublimation: she sublimates her guilt into fiction and lives with a sense of guilt all her life. On the other hand Leo represses his memory and desires, as the trauma in childhood shaped his perceptions of sexuality.

Samþykkt: 
  • 11.9.2014
URI: 
  • http://hdl.handle.net/1946/19708


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