In this study the psychological analytical method of Dr. Eric Berne as presented in Games People Play (1964) and in Transactional Analysis in Psychotherapy (1973) serves as a viable method for the analysis of three works by the twentieth century French novelist Nathalie Sarraute: Portrait d'un inconnu (1948), Martereau (1953), and Le Planetarium (1959). These three novels are characterized by that aspect of the family "unit," namely the Parent/Child relationship, with its accompanying lack of communication, strain, and misunderstanding. Since it opens the possibility for role reversals in Sarraute's characters, the Hegelian dialectic of the Master/Bondsman is useful to the modification of Berne's transactions. / The recent publication of Sarraute's latest biographic "novel" Enfance (1983) amply justifies this study. This work deals with the author's childhood in France and in Russia and shows the many difficulties of communication and understanding that Sarraute encountered in her relationships with her parents and with others around her during her childhood. These problems surface over and over again in the three novels analyzed in this study. Thus Sarraute herself has opened the way for a psychoanalytical analysis of her characters and their relationships with each other--and in the case of each of the works chosen, for scrutiny of the "Parent/Child" relationship. / Source: Dissertation Abstracts International, Volume: 44-11, Section: A, page: 3394. / Thesis (Ph.D.)--The Florida State University, 1983.
| Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:fsu.edu/oai:fsu.digital.flvc.org:fsu_75198 |
| Contributors | ALLAIRE, ANDREA JENSEN., Florida State University |
| Source Sets | Florida State University |
| Detected Language | English |
| Type | Text |
| Format | 189 p. |
| Rights | On campus use only. |
| Relation | Dissertation Abstracts International |
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