Notes on Trauma and Repetition Compulsion in Macbeth

_ William Shakespeare’s plays occasionally have been subjects of psychoanalytical literary criticism since the theory was first founded by Sigmund … More

Gogol’s "The Overcoat" and Lacanian Psychoanalysis

In Gogol’s story The Overcoat, there are two significant scenes which may be considered as repetition of structure. The first … More

Poe’s "Purloined Letter" and Lacanian Psychoanalytical Criticism – 3

Continued… Third Scene: Where Minister is distracted of the noise that came from outside while Dupin exchanges the letter. Lacan … More

Poe’s “Purloined Letter” and Lacanian Psychoanalytical Criticism – 2

Continued… _ The letter in “Purloined Letter” by way of its movements, links, connects positions of people in different ways … More

Poe’s "Purloined Letter" and Lacanian Psychoanalytical Criticism – 1

Before Jacques Lacan has proposed psychoanalytical literary criticism on Poe’s well known story Purloined Letter, already established classical-Freudian psychoanalytical approach … More