The self and its complicated relationship with writing in The Diary

My thesis presents my novella, The Diary. I explore psychological conflicts that arise in a person when he is not at ease with his way of thinking and acting. My plot depicts the main character Shadi’s inferiority complex, his guilt and his conscience. The twin sister, Shadia, is the other or femin...

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Main Author: Ashrafi, Shah Jehan Begum
Other Authors: Brown, Caroline
Language:en
Published: 2017
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Art
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/1866/19348
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spelling ndltd-umontreal.ca-oai-papyrus.bib.umontreal.ca-1866-193482017-10-25T17:14:21Z The self and its complicated relationship with writing in The Diary Ashrafi, Shah Jehan Begum Brown, Caroline Scott, Gail Psychanalyse La démence L'art Féminisme Le soi L'écrit Psychoanalysis Madness Art Feminism The Self Writing Literature - English / Littérature - Anglaise (UMI : 0593) My thesis presents my novella, The Diary. I explore psychological conflicts that arise in a person when he is not at ease with his way of thinking and acting. My plot depicts the main character Shadi’s inferiority complex, his guilt and his conscience. The twin sister, Shadia, is the other or feminine self in which Shadi, the male writer, mirrors himself since his childhood. Shadi becomes a con man in order to explore themes for his plays through a fraudulent business plan in real life. Shadi’s male ego is something constructed by patriarchy. My approach, in analyzing The Diary, is primarily psychoanalytical. I use The Mad Woman in the Attic by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, to support my story’s main theme. The male writer in my story imprisons his sister Shadia in his plays as he wants to fight his inferiority complex resulting from his twin sister’s intelligence. Shadia steps out of the male writer’s text to talk to the male author in a state of dissociation. Sigmund Freud’s works contribute in explaining Shadi’s madness. The female writer is the unconscious part of Shadi’s mind. She is his super-ego as she is his conscience. I also use Louis A. Sass’s Madness and Modernism to delve into my male protagonist’s psychosis. Thus, I portray him as someone who seeks “a wakening” (Sass 3) through the loss of reason. Simone de Beauvoir states that the woman is considered to be the Other in The Second Sex. I use the Other in psychosis as a positive concept although it invokes feelings of terror. Harold Bloom’s The Anxiety of Influence helps me to depict my male protagonist’s rebellion against his precursors. Helene Cixous’s “The Laugh of Medusa” explains the importance of l’écriture feminine in Shadi’s poems written in a state of madness. Ma mémoire présente ma nouvelle «The Diary». J’explore les conflits psychologiques qui surgissent chez une personne lorsqu'il n'est pas à l'aise avec sa façon de penser et d'agir. Mon histoire représente le complexe d'infériorité de Shadi, sa culpabilité et sa conscience. Sa soeur jumelle, Shadia, est le soi de l'écrivain, Shadi. Il se cherche en elle depuis son enfance. Shadi devient un escroc pour explorer des thèmes pour sa nouvelle pièce de théâtre. L'ego de Shadi est une résultante du patriarcat. Dans l'analyse de «The Diary», mon approche est principalement psychanalytique. J'utilise The Mad Woman in the Attic par Sandra Gilbert et Susan Gubar pour soutenir le thème principal de mon histoire. Shadi emprisonne sa soeur Shadia dans ses écrits car il veut se battre contre son complexe d'infériorité provenant de l'intelligence de sa soeur jumelle. Shadia sort du texte de l'écrivain pour parler à l'auteur. Les travaux de Sigmund Freud contribuent à expliquer la démence de Shadi. La soeur est la partie inconsciente de l'esprit de Shadi. Elle est son super-ego alors qu'elle est sa conscience. J'utilise aussi Madness and Modernism de Louis A. Sass pour la étudier la démence de mon protagoniste, Shadi. Simone de Beauvoir déclare que la femme est considérée comme l'autre. J'utilise l'autre en psychose comme un concept positif bien qu'il invoque des sentiments de terreur. The Anxiety of Influence de Harold Bloom m'aide à décrire la rébellion de mon protagoniste masculin contre ses précurseurs. «The Laugh of Medusa» d’Hélène Cixous explique l'importance de l'écriture féminine dans les poèmes de Shadi qui les écrits dans un état de démence. 2017-10-23T14:26:42Z NO_RESTRICTION 2017-10-23T14:26:42Z 2017-09-27 2017-06 Thèse ou Mémoire numérique / Electronic Thesis or Dissertation http://hdl.handle.net/1866/19348 en
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topic Psychanalyse
La démence
L'art
Féminisme
Le soi
L'écrit
Psychoanalysis
Madness
Art
Feminism
The Self
Writing
Literature - English / Littérature - Anglaise (UMI : 0593)
spellingShingle Psychanalyse
La démence
L'art
Féminisme
Le soi
L'écrit
Psychoanalysis
Madness
Art
Feminism
The Self
Writing
Literature - English / Littérature - Anglaise (UMI : 0593)
Ashrafi, Shah Jehan Begum
The self and its complicated relationship with writing in The Diary
description My thesis presents my novella, The Diary. I explore psychological conflicts that arise in a person when he is not at ease with his way of thinking and acting. My plot depicts the main character Shadi’s inferiority complex, his guilt and his conscience. The twin sister, Shadia, is the other or feminine self in which Shadi, the male writer, mirrors himself since his childhood. Shadi becomes a con man in order to explore themes for his plays through a fraudulent business plan in real life. Shadi’s male ego is something constructed by patriarchy. My approach, in analyzing The Diary, is primarily psychoanalytical. I use The Mad Woman in the Attic by Sandra Gilbert and Susan Gubar, to support my story’s main theme. The male writer in my story imprisons his sister Shadia in his plays as he wants to fight his inferiority complex resulting from his twin sister’s intelligence. Shadia steps out of the male writer’s text to talk to the male author in a state of dissociation. Sigmund Freud’s works contribute in explaining Shadi’s madness. The female writer is the unconscious part of Shadi’s mind. She is his super-ego as she is his conscience. I also use Louis A. Sass’s Madness and Modernism to delve into my male protagonist’s psychosis. Thus, I portray him as someone who seeks “a wakening” (Sass 3) through the loss of reason. Simone de Beauvoir states that the woman is considered to be the Other in The Second Sex. I use the Other in psychosis as a positive concept although it invokes feelings of terror. Harold Bloom’s The Anxiety of Influence helps me to depict my male protagonist’s rebellion against his precursors. Helene Cixous’s “The Laugh of Medusa” explains the importance of l’écriture feminine in Shadi’s poems written in a state of madness. === Ma mémoire présente ma nouvelle «The Diary». J’explore les conflits psychologiques qui surgissent chez une personne lorsqu'il n'est pas à l'aise avec sa façon de penser et d'agir. Mon histoire représente le complexe d'infériorité de Shadi, sa culpabilité et sa conscience. Sa soeur jumelle, Shadia, est le soi de l'écrivain, Shadi. Il se cherche en elle depuis son enfance. Shadi devient un escroc pour explorer des thèmes pour sa nouvelle pièce de théâtre. L'ego de Shadi est une résultante du patriarcat. Dans l'analyse de «The Diary», mon approche est principalement psychanalytique. J'utilise The Mad Woman in the Attic par Sandra Gilbert et Susan Gubar pour soutenir le thème principal de mon histoire. Shadi emprisonne sa soeur Shadia dans ses écrits car il veut se battre contre son complexe d'infériorité provenant de l'intelligence de sa soeur jumelle. Shadia sort du texte de l'écrivain pour parler à l'auteur. Les travaux de Sigmund Freud contribuent à expliquer la démence de Shadi. La soeur est la partie inconsciente de l'esprit de Shadi. Elle est son super-ego alors qu'elle est sa conscience. J'utilise aussi Madness and Modernism de Louis A. Sass pour la étudier la démence de mon protagoniste, Shadi. Simone de Beauvoir déclare que la femme est considérée comme l'autre. J'utilise l'autre en psychose comme un concept positif bien qu'il invoque des sentiments de terreur. The Anxiety of Influence de Harold Bloom m'aide à décrire la rébellion de mon protagoniste masculin contre ses précurseurs. «The Laugh of Medusa» d’Hélène Cixous explique l'importance de l'écriture féminine dans les poèmes de Shadi qui les écrits dans un état de démence.
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