This thesis provides a Jungian perspective on Joyce's representation of Stephen Dedalus' developmental journey to adulthood and his quest to become a successful artist. It analyses the parallels...Show moreThis thesis provides a Jungian perspective on Joyce's representation of Stephen Dedalus' developmental journey to adulthood and his quest to become a successful artist. It analyses the parallels between Joyce's conception of the unconscious mind and Jung's intricate map of the psyche found in A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man (1916) and Ulysses (1922).Show less
This thesis looks at how adolescence is symbolised by children's journeys to exotic Fairylands. This is a place where they learn to integrate their emotional side (id/unconsious) with their moral...Show moreThis thesis looks at how adolescence is symbolised by children's journeys to exotic Fairylands. This is a place where they learn to integrate their emotional side (id/unconsious) with their moral/conscious side (superego/ego/persona). The integration of these elements signifies maturity. The thesis takes Bruno Bettelheim's Freudian analysis of the Brothers Grimm's fairy tale 'Brother and Sister' as a 'base structure' and looks at how this structure is applicable to three books from the early twentieth century: Nesbit's "Phoenix and the Carpet", J.M. Barrie's "Peter and Wendy" and Hope Mirrlees's "Lud-in-the-Mist".Show less
This thesis explores the journey that Shadow Moon makes in American Gods by Neil Gaiman. This journey takes the shape of a guest for individuation. In this journey he encounters characters and...Show moreThis thesis explores the journey that Shadow Moon makes in American Gods by Neil Gaiman. This journey takes the shape of a guest for individuation. In this journey he encounters characters and symbols that represent Jungian ideas and through these encounters Shadow becomes a better person.Show less
Bachelor thesis | Film- en literatuurwetenschap (BA)
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In deze scriptie wil ik laten zien hoe Kaufmans film Synecdoche - New York, die zich richt op de verwikkeling van de postmoderne notie van het simulacrum en de existentieel modernistische notie van...Show moreIn deze scriptie wil ik laten zien hoe Kaufmans film Synecdoche - New York, die zich richt op de verwikkeling van de postmoderne notie van het simulacrum en de existentieel modernistische notie van individuatie, een spanningsveld blootlegt waarin het subjectiviteitsbegrip centraal komt te staan. Vanuit de manier waarop film en filosofie samenwerken om deze verwikkeling te adresseren, wil ik uiteindelijk wijzen op een tekortkoming in het film-theoretisch debat die implicaties heeft voor het maatschappelijk discours over individuatie in een beeld/mediacultuur. Door te laten zien dat Synecdoche in gaat op het individuatieproces binnen een steeds verder gesimuleerde wereld beargumenteer ik dat de film uitnodigt het vraagstuk van het subject te hernemen.Show less
Chinese films can be subjected to Jungian symbol analysis. By constructing a Jungian analytic framework, archetypal elements in film can be found and explained. Fei Mu's 'Spring in a Small Town' ...Show moreChinese films can be subjected to Jungian symbol analysis. By constructing a Jungian analytic framework, archetypal elements in film can be found and explained. Fei Mu's 'Spring in a Small Town' (1948) and Alan Mak and Andrew Lau's 'Infernal Affairs' (2005) both yield ample material when subjected to a Jungian analysis. Selectivity, subjectivity and the impossibility of falsification remain problematic when analyzing films for symbols.Show less
This essay is an attempt to analyse and interpret the art installation Between Darkness and Light (after William Blake) by the Scottish visual artist Douglas Gordon. The installation shows two...Show moreThis essay is an attempt to analyse and interpret the art installation Between Darkness and Light (after William Blake) by the Scottish visual artist Douglas Gordon. The installation shows two movies, The Exorcist by William Friedkin (1973) and The Song of Bernadette (1943) by Henry King, projected from either side onto a freestanding screen in the middle. The two main characters in the films, Regan in The Exorcist and Bernadette in The Song of Bernadette, are possessed. Regan is possessed by the evil demon Pazuzu and Bernadette sees Marian appartitions. For the analyses of the two films separately I make use of (post) Freudian ideas, whereas I interpret the entire installation from a Jungian point of view.Show less
