The (in)visible Briseis. A comparative literary analysis of the relationship between Achilles, Patroclus and Briseis in Homer’s Iliad and Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls The purpose of this essay is to compare the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus in Homer’s Iliad (700s BC) and Pat Barker’s The Silence of the Girls (2019), while also looking into the role of Briseis and how the story differs when it is told from her point of view. Through the analysis I find that the relationship between Achilles and Patroclus have always been intense. I argue, however, that the intensity is given more depth and meaning when described from different perspectives, such as that of Briseis and Achilles himself, as is done in The Silence of the Girls. With the help of Kevin Goddard’s theory of the male gaze, the perspective of both Briseis and Achilles become invaluable for interpreting the relationship between the characters, as well as the characters themselves. For Achilles, the gaze of his mother influences him in a negative way in his relationship with Briseis, while the gaze of Patroclus causes changes in his mentality. I argue that this has to do with the Oedipus complex. For once, Briseis is not invisible and even though she continues to be the slave everyone expects her to be, she is, through the gaze, able to create her own story once that of Achilles ends. It is still the story of the great Achilles, but one in which he is also human.

La littérature analytique tend à situer l'enjeu du désir de la femme comme celui d'être désirée, c'est-à-dire à réduire l'expression de son désir à celui d'un consentement au désir de l'Autre. Mais que se trame-t-il du désir chez la femme, au-delà du consentement à « se faire objet » ? Il n'est là nullement question de dégager un désir féminin pur, mais bien de repérer les spécificités de la mise en jeu du désir chez la femme dans la relation sexuelle, c'est-à-dire d'explorer les enjeux et les angoisses spécifiques à l'expression de son désir, au regard de son inscription particulière dans la castration et de la place que lui assigne la relation sexuelle. La dimension du désir féminin ne semble pas pouvoir être abordée indépendamment de la façon dont chaque femme se confronte à la possible mise en énigme de la féminité, telle que celle-ci émerge, ou non, à travers le ravage de la relation à la mère. Le déploiement d'une réflexion sur les avatars de la construction de la féminité – dont l'étude du ravage se prolonge par l'exploration des vicissitudes du rapport de la femme à l'image et au corps – constitue donc le préalable nécessaire à l'abord de la problématique du désir. S'ouvrirait ainsi le repérage de trois logiques soutenant le mode particulier avec lequel la femme « se fait objet » : la logique du tout ou rien, relative à un traitement de l'énigme de la féminité saturée par un idéal et un appel au savoir ; la logique du court-circuit, révélant la non-advenue de la féminité comme énigme, féminité de l'ordre du trou noir ; la logique du pas-tout, signant l'acceptation de cette énigme et la latitude que génère cette négociation quant à l'angoisse. / The psychoanalytic literature tends to locate women's desire stake as to be desired, that is reducing her desire's expression to a consent of the Other's desire. But what weaves beyond the consent of « making oneself an object » ? There's not about distinguish a pure feminine desire, but to identify the specificities of a women desire playing in sexual relationship ; that is, to explore the specific stakes and angst of desire's expression, regarding her special registration in castration and the place that the sexual relatioshipn assigns her. The feminine desire's dimension can not be tackled regardless of the way each women confront herself to the mystery of femininity – as it emerges or not through the ravage of the mother's relation. The deployment of a thought based on the transformations of feminine construction forms the condition necessary to approach the problematic focusing on desire – the study on ravage explores the tribulations of women's relation to image en body. It is then possible to distinguish three logics by which women « make themselves an object » : the everything or nothing logic, the mystery of femininity is here saturated by an ideal and a call of knowledge ; the short-circuit logic , femininity is here approached on the bases of a black hole ; the not-all logic, based on the acceptation of this mystery and the latitude that this negotiation generates.

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Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-28T20:39:30Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Claudia Dias Rosa Fulgencio.pdf: 424997 bytes, checksum: a557035c159523a923e47d2ba28ae34c (MD5) Previous issue date: 2007-06-29 / Coordenação de Aperfeiçoamento de Pessoal de Nível Superior / The purpose aim of this paper is to explain Winnicott s concept of what is expected of a father, in terms of his presence and the many roles played by him in the bringing up of a child, during the process of personal maturation, from birth to the stage of Oedipus Complex, keeping in mind healthy up-bringing. Without intending to write a comparative paper that takes into account many psychoanalytic ways of approaching a same topic, I aim to identify aspects of Winnicott s theories, which referring to this theme, can characterize the most important differences between this author and the traditional psychoanalysis concepts. While the traditional psychoanalysis, due to the centerpiece of Oedipus and to the magnitude of the sexuality theory, the father s role was limited mostly overall to the role of an interventionist and a representative of the law, as for Winnicott, the presence of the father in involved implicated since the beginning of life, when questions concerning Oedipus Complex have no meaning whatsoever, and continues changing as the child matures. This paper confirms the thesis that the thoughts reasonings viewpoints thinkings of this author represents a new theoretical and practical foundation from which the human questions, in this case, the presence and role of the father, in the process of maturation, can be understood / Este estudo tem por objetivo explicitar a concepção de Winnicott acerca do que é requerido do pai, em termos de presença e dos diversos papéis que lhe estão reservados na criação de um filho, ao longo do processo de amadurecimento pessoal, do nascimento até o estágio do complexo de Édipo, tendo em vista um desenvolvimento saudável. Sem pretender fazer um estudo comparativo que leve em conta as várias abordagens psicanalíticas sobre essa mesma questão, viso identificar aspectos da teoria de Winnicott que, referidos a esse tema, podem caracterizar as diferenças marcantes da teoria desse autor com relação às formulações da psicanálise tradicional. Enquanto nesta última, devido à centralidade do Édipo e à primazia da teoria da sexualidade, o papel do pai ficou delimitado, sobretudo, ao de interventor e de representante da lei, em Winnicott, a presença do pai está implicada desde o início da vida, quando as questões relativas ao complexo edípico não fazem ainda nenhum sentido, e vai se alterando à medida em que o amadurecimento da criança avança. Este estudo corrobora a tese de que o pensamento desse autor representa um novo fundamento teórico e prático a partir do qual as questões humanas, no caso, a presença e a parte que cabe ao pai, no processo de amadurecimento, podem ser entendidas

本論文旨在從心理分析和女性主義的立場探討女性的母職對兩性人格發展 及其再製產生的影響，主要根據Nancy Chodorow的論述為依歸作此主題的 推演。發軔於十九世紀的女性主義經歷第一波、第二波婦運的洗禮及經濟 大蕭條、兩次世界大戰的衝擊，發展出各類因應時代變遷及婦女需求的理 論，由政權參與、經濟獨立、法律權利、婚姻自由、身體自主等議題一路 行來，歷經重重險阻，女性的母職始終是婦女排徊猶豫的十字路口，成為 今日女性主義者關注的焦點，因為它深刻地影響了女性的人格特質及兩性 關係的互動。 Chodorow以對象關係的理論基礎出發，佐以女性主義及社 會學的相關理論，融貫為其個人獨到精闢的見解。她由質疑女性母職的合 理性起始，詳細闡述女性的母職如何深植於人們的意識與潛意識之中的過 程及其對兩性人格發展及關係形成的影響。由於女性母職的排外與獨佔、 母親對兒子、女兒不同的態度，使得兩性在前伊底帕斯時期、伊底帕斯時 期的對象關係有不同的發展，其解決伊底帕斯情結的程度亦有所差異，此 導致日後兩性迴異的人格特質及感情關係。最顯著的差別是男性面對女性 時趨於防衛的態度，不善表達感情且將精力集於工作領域。女性則有在關 係中建立自我的需要，但是男性的封閉妨衛無法滿足女性的感情需求，若 轉向同性又有觸犯社會禁忌－同性戀之虞，女性惟有試圖由自己的孩子身 上尋得感情關係的滿足。由此，母子間密切的聯結再度形成，兩性的人格 特質及女性的母職便依此模式代代複製，循環不已。Chodorow認為解決之 道在於由兩性共同擔負撫育下一代的職責，使兩性孩童在均衡的親職中培 養相同的能力及平等的人格發展，以打破女性母職獨佔、再製的代代循環 ，創造嶄新、開闊的兩性關係。本篇論文共分五章。第一章為前言，第二 章介紹女性主義興發的時代背景及各主要派別的基本論述；第三章說明心 理分析派女性主義的主要論點及心理分析與女性主義二者間的牽連；第四 章闡述Chodorow對女性母職產生、再製過程及其影響的詳細推演；第五章 為結論，評析Chodorow母職再製理論的貢獻和缺失。

In this paper I have strived to provide a new view on a timeless classic of children’s literature, Winnie-The-Pooh. In psychoanalytic literary criticism concepts and theories of psychoanalysis is implemented while interpreting literature; in this paper, I have interpreted the novel incorporating concepts of the psychoanalytic schools of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan while arguing that the denizens of the Hundred Acre Wood are manifestations of parts of the narrator’s unconscious. The first two sections of the paper present the theories and concepts of the two major schools of psychoanalysis as an introduction aimed at increasing the readability of the interpretation. The individual interpretations of each character are then presented separately, every section in some way involving psychoanalytic theory. Kanga, Roo, Piglet, Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, Rabbit, Owl and Eeyore are shown to be repressed memories, feelings or thoughts. Included theoretical concepts are the Oedipus complex, the sexual development of infants, the journey of children towards consciousness, Lacanian desire and lack, Freudian dream interpretation and the conception that the unconscious is structured as language, among others.

<p>In this paper I have strived to provide a new view on a timeless classic of children’s literature, Winnie-The-Pooh. In psychoanalytic literary criticism concepts and theories of psychoanalysis is implemented while interpreting literature; in this paper, I have interpreted the novel incorporating concepts of the psychoanalytic schools of Sigmund Freud and Jacques Lacan while arguing that the denizens of the Hundred Acre Wood are manifestations of parts of the narrator’s unconscious. The first two sections of the paper present the theories and concepts of the two major schools of psychoanalysis as an introduction aimed at increasing the readability of the interpretation. The individual interpretations of each character are then presented separately, every section in some way involving psychoanalytic theory. Kanga, Roo, Piglet, Winnie-the-Pooh, Christopher Robin, Rabbit, Owl and Eeyore are shown to be repressed memories, feelings or thoughts. Included theoretical concepts are the Oedipus complex, the sexual development of infants, the journey of children towards consciousness, Lacanian desire and lack, Freudian dream interpretation and the conception that the unconscious is structured as language, among others.</p>

Cette recherche clinique vise à explorer le retentissement de l'hypofertilité masculine et de la fécondation in vitro (FIV) sur le fonctionnement psychique des épouses dans le premier centre de consultation FIV en Egypte (1986), en contexte culturel égyptien. Près de 60% des couples qui consultent au Centre FIV présentent le diagnostic d'infertilité d'origine masculine. Nous nous intéressons à comprendre ce qui constitue la spécificité du fonctionnement psychique de ces femmes dans ce contexte culturel où l'infertilité masculine est une pathologie taboue, suscitant la honte familiale, et où seule la FIV homologue- utilisant les gamètes d'un couple marié- est autorisée par la loi. La première hypothèse renvoie à l'existence d'une souffrance psychique chez l'épouse liée au maintien du secret de l'hypofertilité masculine. La seconde hypothèse suppose que le diagnostic et les traitements médicaux sont accompagnés chez l'épouse d'une idéalisation oedipienne de ses propres parents. Notre échantillon est composé de dix femmes âgées de 20 à 40 ans inscrites dans un protocole FIV. Sur le plan méthodologique, nous nous sommes basés sur des entretiens de recherche semi-directifs et sur l'inventaire abrégé de dépression de Beck BDI-13. L'analyse des résultats met en évidence la présence chez les épouses d'un discours de plainte adressé envers leurs conjoints, en même temps que l'expression d'une idéalisation de leurs propres parents. La présence de symptômes de dépression variables est relevée dans l'échantillon. Enfin, la manière dont les femmes s'approprient subjectivement l'expérience de la FIV est un indicateur pertinent de leur équilibre psychique. Pour conclure, cette étude se veut être une recherche-action visant à mettre en place un dispositif clinique au service des femmes et des couples dans une institution médicale, et qui soit adapté à ce contexte culturel particulier. / This study aims at exploring the impact of male subfertility and In Vitro Fertilization (IVF) on the psychological functioning of a group of female spouses, in the first Egyptian IVF center in Egypt (1986), within the Egyptian cultural context. Approximately 60% of couples consulting at the Egyptian Center for IVF carry the diagnosis of male factor infertility. We are interested in understanding what constitutes the specificity of the psychological functioning of these women within this cultural context, where male infertility is a taboo pathology provoking family shame, and where only homologous IVF -using a married couple's gametes- is allowed by the law. The first hypothesis states that there is a specific female suffering related to the maintenance of the secret of male subfertility. The second hypothesis assumes that for the wife, the diagnosis disclosure and medical treatments are followed by an oedipal idealization of the her parents. Our sample is composed of ten women aged between 20 and 40 years old, and undergoing an IVF protocol. On the methodological aspect, we have used semi-structured interviews and the 13-Item Beck Depression Inventory. Results indicate the existence of a complain discourse among the wives, addressed towards their husbands, and at the same time an idealization of their own parents. Variable depression symptoms have been observed in our sample. Finally, the way women integrate psychologically the IVF experience is a relevant indicator of their psychological balance. As a conclusion, this study aims at being a research-action, which objective is to elaborate a clinical intervention at the service of women and couples, and suitable to this particular cultural context.

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[pt] Uma erótica mortífera: ruídos do supereu na clínica psicanalítica é um estudo da constituição do supereu na teoria psicanalítica e seus desdobramentos na clínica. O supereu que surge na obra freudiana como produto da identificação no declínio do complexo de Édipo, admite traços cruéis em sua parceria com a pulsão de morte. Lacan propõe um supereu equivalente ao objeto a como objeto voz, contribuição de grande novidade para a teoria analítica. Os mandatos superegóicos incidem como uma voz muda, inaudível, e propõem um desafio à clínica, que deve manejar as manifestações deste supereu, tais como o sentimento de culpa, a necessidade de punição e a reação terapêutica negativa. Os paradoxos do supereu serão abordados, privilegiando a face do supereu que é correlata ao gozo, distinguindo-o do Nome-do-Pai, uma função atrelada ao desejo. / [en] One deadly erotica: noises of the superego in the psycoanalytic treatment is a study of the formation of the superego in psychoanalytic theory and its developments in the clinic. The superego, which appears in Freud s work as a product of identification in the decline of the Oedipus complex, admits cruel traits in their partnership with the death drive. Lacan proposes an equivalent object-a with the object-voice, contribution of great novelty for clinical theory. The superego commands levied as a muted voice, inaudible, and propose a challenge to the clinic: to manage the manifestations of this superego, such as guilt, the need for punishment, and negative therapeutic reaction. The paradoxes of the superego are addressed, focusing on the face of the superego that is related to the jouissance, distinguishing it from the Name-of-the-Father - a function harnessed to desire.