Titre :	The Futile Quest for Self and Identity in a Postmodern World: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Paul Auster’s City of Glass
Type de document :	texte imprimé
Auteurs :	Abir Ben Ahmed, Auteur ; Moufida Zaidi, Directeur de thèse
Editeur :	CONSTANTINE [ALGERIE] : Université Frères Mentouri Constantine
Année de publication :	2021
Importance :	77 f.
Format :	30 cm.
Note générale :	Une copie electronique PDF disponible au BUC.
Langues :	Anglais (eng)
Catégories :	Lettres et Langues Etrangères:Langue Anglaise
Tags :	Paul Auster  City of Glass  Psychoanalysis  Jacque Lacan  Sigmund Freud  mental disorientation  nowhere  Trauma  reclusive life
Index. décimale :	420 Langue anglaise
Résumé :	Based on its significant relation to memory and recollections, Paul Auster’s Postmodern works are centred around self and identity. His protagonists in City of Glass cease not to quest for concrete answers to questions about the purpose of their existence in life and the essence of being in the puzzled Postmodern world. Hence, postulating on City of Glass’ protagonists, Daniel Quinn and Junior Peter Stillman’s mental state, the present study embraces the task of examining their loss of self and identity. Those characters have not only been deeply traumatized, but most importantly they have been incapable to confront their past traumas and overcome the pain and isolation. As a result of their constant search of a true purpose in life, they gradually unveil and explore traits of their split personas, loss of selfwholeness and multiple layers of their identity leading to the ultimate recognition of being lost. Through implementing Lacan’s three orders, notions of desire and “object a”, concepts of “the gaze” and “alienation” and Freud’s “Unconscious mind” and “PTSD”, Quinn and Junior Peter’s deeds, behaviours and impulses are going to be interpreted closely. This study reveals that the targeted protagonists are living in a labyrinth of displaced, lost, alienated, fragmented selves that are just as intricate and damaged as any other Postmodern individual.
Diplome :	Master 2
Permalink :	https://bu.umc.edu.dz/master/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=15213

The Futile Quest for Self and Identity in a Postmodern World: A Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Paul Auster’s City of Glass [texte imprimé] / Abir Ben Ahmed, Auteur ; Moufida Zaidi, Directeur de thèse . - CONSTANTINE [ALGERIE] : Université Frères Mentouri Constantine, 2021 . - 77 f. ; 30 cm.
Une copie electronique PDF disponible au BUC.
Langues : Anglais (eng)

Catégories :	Lettres et Langues Etrangères:Langue Anglaise
Tags :	Paul Auster  City of Glass  Psychoanalysis  Jacque Lacan  Sigmund Freud  mental disorientation  nowhere  Trauma  reclusive life
Index. décimale :	420 Langue anglaise
Résumé :	Based on its significant relation to memory and recollections, Paul Auster’s Postmodern works are centred around self and identity. His protagonists in City of Glass cease not to quest for concrete answers to questions about the purpose of their existence in life and the essence of being in the puzzled Postmodern world. Hence, postulating on City of Glass’ protagonists, Daniel Quinn and Junior Peter Stillman’s mental state, the present study embraces the task of examining their loss of self and identity. Those characters have not only been deeply traumatized, but most importantly they have been incapable to confront their past traumas and overcome the pain and isolation. As a result of their constant search of a true purpose in life, they gradually unveil and explore traits of their split personas, loss of selfwholeness and multiple layers of their identity leading to the ultimate recognition of being lost. Through implementing Lacan’s three orders, notions of desire and “object a”, concepts of “the gaze” and “alienation” and Freud’s “Unconscious mind” and “PTSD”, Quinn and Junior Peter’s deeds, behaviours and impulses are going to be interpreted closely. This study reveals that the targeted protagonists are living in a labyrinth of displaced, lost, alienated, fragmented selves that are just as intricate and damaged as any other Postmodern individual.
Diplome :	Master 2
Permalink :	https://bu.umc.edu.dz/master/index.php?lvl=notice_display&id=15213