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The role of consciousness in the 20 th Century

Migli Lisa 5^A A.S. 2012/2013. The role of consciousness in the 20 th Century. Reason for choosing the path. To analyze how the psychological sphere influenced literature, in particular during the 2 0 th Century . Aim of the path.

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The role of consciousness in the 20 th Century

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  1. Migli Lisa 5^A A.S. 2012/2013 The role of consciousnessin the 20th Century

  2. Reasonforchoosing the path To analyze how the psychological sphere influenced literature, in particular during the 20th Century.

  3. Aim of the path • Toexamine in depth some features of the ModernAge, in ordertofind out how consciousness works • Totrain in view of the finalexamination

  4. The cultural background • Charles Darwin’s Evolution Theory (1859) • Friedrich Nietzsche’s Die fröhliche Wissenschaft (1882) → God is dead • Albert Einstein’s Theory of Relativity (1905-1913) • Sigmund Freud’s Interpretation of dreams (1899) • Mark Planck’s Postulate (1900) The whole world undergoes a deep transformation

  5. The discovery of the unconscious: Sigmund Freud “The interpretation of dreams” (DieTraumdeutung), 1899 Dream interpretation UNCONSCIOUSSuperego, Ego, Es The most intimate dimension: the unconscious reveals itself Dream = A form of “wish fulfillment” LITERATURE AND ART begin to investigate the unconscious Break with Victorian tradition

  6. The unconscious in literature: the importance of time Virginia Woolf: Mrs Dalloway Chronological time: Mrs Dalloway moves around London, disturbed by the strikes of the Big Ben The handling of time Interior time:travel in space and time, according to Mrs Dalloway’s flux of thoughts Human mind’s complexity

  7. The unconscious in literature: the importance of time James Joyce: The Dubliners Gabriel Conroy’s epiphany A sudden spiritual manifestation: it shows mankind’s paralysis Without following your emotions and private feelings, you cannot fully live

  8. The unconscious in literature: the importance of time James Joyce: Ulysses The stream of consciousness and the interior monologue The mind does not follow a linear conception of time The psychological sphere dominates mankind: the unconscious becomes predominant

  9. The unconscious in literature: the importance of time Italo Svevo: La Coscienza di Zeno PSYCHOANALYSIS AND TIME The story does not follow a chronological order Memories Feelings Analysis of Zeno’s psychology CLUMSINESS SICKNESS AND WEAKNESS

  10. The unconscious in art Salvador Dalì, The persistence of memory (1931) Vincent Van Gogh, The Starry Night (1889) Reality is a dynamic and subjective entity: it depends on men’s perspective about it.

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