Human subconsciousness and his sexuality in czech pre-war Vítězslav Nezval's novel Valerie a týden divů
DOI:
https://doi.org/10.15503/onis2018.601.609Keywords:
Vítězslav Nezval, initiation novels, surrealism, psychoanalysis, archetype, Valerie and the week of wonders, avantgardeAbstract
Aim of the research: the article presents the topics about connection between Freud’s theory of psychoanalysis and Vitezslav Nezval’s novel Valerie a týden divů (Valerie and Her Week of Wonders). Story about the teenage girl in the search of her own identity was written in the 30’s of 20th, century in Czechoslovakia and is a part of the identity novels genre, but also contains some surrealistic elements.
Methodology: after the description of the czech avant-garde atmosphere, historical context and connections between surrealism and psychoanalysis, the author starts with the analysis of the work Valerie a tyden divu. Basing on the chosen parts of the plot and specific characters she refers to the concepts of subconsciousness, archetypes, Oedipus complex and family romance. The author of the article used as base the Bruno Bettelheim’s book The Uses of Enchantment: The Meaning and Importance of Fairy Tales to show, with selected examples, the Valerie’s entrance into adulthood and search for self-sexuality. Also helpful for the research is the categorise of the scenes to sacrum and profanum components.
Results: Analysis of the characters and selected elements of the novel shows the connections with psychoanalysis.
Conclusions: The characters and selected elements of the novel shows the connections with psychoanalysis, and leads to the conclusion, that the text refers especially to human subconsciousness, mainly in the erotic scenes and in the archetypal features of the characters.
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