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The Good Spirit of Zagreb: Psychoanalytical Approach to Valentin Knez
Zorica Jurčević
orcid.org/0000-0002-4186-4118
Sažetak
The work researches the cause and meaning of the symptoms of the neurotic behaviour of one of the most famous characters of the Croatian crime fiction. The research is based on the name predetermined identity trauma, i.e. the sphere of uncertainty and unsatisfied sexuality as the cause for death drives. In that sense, detective and castrated man Valentin Knez turns into a criminal and a potent man, accomplishing the given identity of “knez” (duke), the one who becomes the ruler and who rules, but only in the imaginary reality. Obsession with crime is therefore just a symptom of unconscious drives towards sexual satisfaction, finally accomplished in the sadistic (and at the same time masochistic) penetration of the axe into the Other. The purpose of the work is to research the character of Valentin Knez by means of his obsession with crimes. The research and the results are based on the detection of possible causes of his psychosis and his transformation into a murderer. The focus will therefore be on the unconscious drives, primarily due to the burden of the name, and the neurotic symptoms as substitutes for sexual satisfaction.
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Hrčak ID:
151999
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Datum izdavanja:
1.11.2015.
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