... that it is not a novel. Myself, I prefer to call it a narrative" (On Writing 12). Cather's preference anticipated an important reformulation of the criticism of fiction: the body of literary theory, called "narratology," articulated in the 1960s by French structuralist writers. Narratology's purpose, according to Gerard Genette, is to provide critical categories "a little trimmer than the traditional entities, such ... seems to arrange itself as a preparation or rehearsal for fulfilling biological death or significant narrative closure. This preparation involves a sequence of confrontati...

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... applied here. Freud simplifies it in three divisions ideal-ego (Id), ego ideal and super-ego, explaining the way which these are positions of identification for the subject and he terms the fundamental alienation of the subject in identification (Cowie, 1997). According to Freud, the Id is the true unconscious. It is also based on the pleasure principle. The ego ideal ... the three basic components of the human mind which Freud proposed (Hayward, 2002). The ego ideal is being applied when we see Blue Velvet consists of many prohibited sexual fantasies: Literary studies on audience perce...

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... . In the novel, these three personality components are critical. Also, the key concepts of primal fears and repression are operated throughout the text which is the part of the psychoanalytic literary lens. According to the Freud's model of the psyche, Id is a component of human psyche which lies entirely under the unconscious state of mind. Id is driven by the pleasure ... , didn't you? But I'm no fool any more. I know when I have information that might be dangerous" (11.205). In the story, Leper considers Gene his best friend, as Ego comes to terms with Super Ego. Gene however shows the...

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