A Lacanian Reading of the Two Novels The Scarlet Letter And Private Memoirs And Confessions of A Justified Sinner

This paper discusses two novels The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and The Scarlet Letter written by James Hogg and Nathaniel Hawthorn from the perspective of Jacques Lacan theories: the mirror stage, the-name-of-the-father and desire. The mirror stage refers to historical val...

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Main Author: Marjan Yazdanpanahi
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Language:English
Published: IAIN Salatiga 2016-07-01
Series:Register Journal
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Online Access:http://journalregister.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/register/article/view/444
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spelling doaj-59a3156e93654cd8bf3a4222b5ccd7ad2020-11-25T03:27:14ZengIAIN SalatigaRegister Journal1979-89032503-040X2016-07-013210.18326/rgt.v3i2.444414A Lacanian Reading of the Two Novels The Scarlet Letter And Private Memoirs And Confessions of A Justified SinnerMarjan Yazdanpanahi0PhD in English Literature (Romanticism) - Lancaster University Bailrigg, Lancaster UK, LA1 4YWThis paper discusses two novels The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and The Scarlet Letter written by James Hogg and Nathaniel Hawthorn from the perspective of Jacques Lacan theories: the mirror stage, the-name-of-the-father and desire. The mirror stage refers to historical value and an essential libidinal relationship with the body-image. The-name-of-the-father is defined as the prohibitive role of the father as the one who lays down the incest taboo in the Oedipus complex. Meanwhile, desire is neither the appetite for satisfaction, nor the demand for love, but the difference that results from the subtraction of the first from the second.http://journalregister.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/register/article/view/444Lacanian Reading, The Mirror Stage, The-Name-Of-The-Father And Desire
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A Lacanian Reading of the Two Novels The Scarlet Letter And Private Memoirs And Confessions of A Justified Sinner
Register Journal
Lacanian Reading, The Mirror Stage, The-Name-Of-The-Father And Desire
author_facet Marjan Yazdanpanahi
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title A Lacanian Reading of the Two Novels The Scarlet Letter And Private Memoirs And Confessions of A Justified Sinner
title_short A Lacanian Reading of the Two Novels The Scarlet Letter And Private Memoirs And Confessions of A Justified Sinner
title_full A Lacanian Reading of the Two Novels The Scarlet Letter And Private Memoirs And Confessions of A Justified Sinner
title_fullStr A Lacanian Reading of the Two Novels The Scarlet Letter And Private Memoirs And Confessions of A Justified Sinner
title_full_unstemmed A Lacanian Reading of the Two Novels The Scarlet Letter And Private Memoirs And Confessions of A Justified Sinner
title_sort lacanian reading of the two novels the scarlet letter and private memoirs and confessions of a justified sinner
publisher IAIN Salatiga
series Register Journal
issn 1979-8903
2503-040X
publishDate 2016-07-01
description This paper discusses two novels The Private Memoirs and Confessions of a Justified Sinner and The Scarlet Letter written by James Hogg and Nathaniel Hawthorn from the perspective of Jacques Lacan theories: the mirror stage, the-name-of-the-father and desire. The mirror stage refers to historical value and an essential libidinal relationship with the body-image. The-name-of-the-father is defined as the prohibitive role of the father as the one who lays down the incest taboo in the Oedipus complex. Meanwhile, desire is neither the appetite for satisfaction, nor the demand for love, but the difference that results from the subtraction of the first from the second.
topic Lacanian Reading, The Mirror Stage, The-Name-Of-The-Father And Desire
url http://journalregister.iainsalatiga.ac.id/index.php/register/article/view/444
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