Croatology, Vol. 9 No. 1-2, 2018.
Review article
The Raw Taste of Meat by Dubravko Jelačić Bužimski in the context of psychoanalysis
Ivona Smolčić
; Hrvatski studiji Sveučilišta u Zagrebu, Borongajska cesta 83d, Zagreb, Hrvatska
Abstract
This study explores the process behind the maturation of the human psyche and emotional needs, on the example of the novel The Raw Taste of Meat, by Dubravko Jelačić Bužimski. It deals with the psychological motives of the main character, which bring him to the bizzare solutions in the relationship with his mother and other female and male figures throughout his life. The novel belongs to the fantasy literary genre, so this work also considers the dichotomy of the strange and miraculous. This dichotomy is intensified in the novel because of specific descriptions. Also, the closed microcosm in the novel generates a dimension of fiction. All of the above emanated the absurd and indifference, which result in ultimate aggression and death.
Keywords
psychoanalysis; the pleasure principle; symbols; necrophilia; Freud’s Oedipus complex
Hrčak ID:
224216
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Publication date:
10.8.2019.
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