Dobro in zlo

psihoanalitična analiza likov iz romana Rdeči zmaj

Nataša Žgajner (Author), Victor Kennedy (Mentor)

Abstract

The Master's thesis, titled Good and Evil: Psychoanalytical Analysis of Characters from the Novel Red Dragon, deals with a detailed analysis of the four main characters from the mentioned novel, written by Thomas Harris. At the beginning of the dissertation, I present several definitions of good and evil, based on which I place our four characters into these two categories. I focus on the psychoanalytical analysis of the mind, which shows best when analysing evil characters. To properly diagnose them, I resort to several researches and acclaimed authors from the fields of psychology and psychoanalysis, based on which I present the main concepts that are important for this dissertation: psychopathology, sociopathology and psychosis. Towards the end, I also present William Blake's series of paintings, called: The Red Dragon Paintings. Then, I address the question of why today's society shows so much interest in the lives and crimes of serial killers. The conclusion reveals my diagnosis of Hannibal Lecter and Francis Dolarhyde. It also shows the answer to previously mentioned question, which in short is that what attracts us most with serial killers is the inability to understand their murderous instincts.

Keywords

psychoanalysis;psychopathology;sociopathology;Hannibal Lecter;The great red dragon;master theses;

Data

Language:	English
Year of publishing:	2015
Typology:	2.09 - Master's Thesis
Organization:	UM FF - Faculty of Arts
Publisher:	[N. Žgajner]
UDC:	821.111(73).09-312.4:159.964.2(043.2)
COBISS:	21516040
Views:	1738
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Secondary language:	Slovenian
Secondary title:	Good and evil
Secondary abstract:	Magistrsko delo, ki nosi naslov Dobro in zlo: psihoanalitična analiza likov iz romana Rdeči zmaj, se ukvarja s podrobnejšo analizo štirih literarnih oseb iz omenjenega romana, katerega je napisal Thomas Harris. Začeten del obsega predstavitev pomena dobrega in zla, na podlagi česar smo v nadaljevanju like tudi opredelili. Osredotočili smo se na psihoanalitično analizo uma, katera pride do izraza predvsem pri osebah, ki predstavljajo zlo. Za lažjo postavitev diagnoze oseb na, katere smo se osredotočili, smo s pomočjo raziskav in priznanih avtorjev s področij psihologije in psihoanalize predstavili tudi osrednje pojme, ki so ključni za to magistrsko delo, in sicer: psihopatologija, sociopatologija in psihoza. Predstavili smo tudi serijo slik Williama Blakea, imenovane The Great Red Dragon Series, saj ima ena izmed njih ključno vlogo pri analizi glavnega antagonista. Dotaknili smo se tudi teme oz. vprašanja, zakaj današnja družba kaže tako veliko zanimanje za serijske morilce. Na podlagi predelane literature zaključek razkriva našo ugotovitev o tem, kakšne vrste serijska morilca sta Hannibal in Dolarhyde. Komentirali smo tudi, od kod takšno zanimanje za to vrsto kriminalcev, kjer smo ugotovili, da nas najbolj privlači naša nezmožnost razumevanja njihovih morilskih nagonov.
Secondary keywords:	psihoanaliza;psihopatologija;sociopatologija;Rdeči zmaj;Hannibal Lecter;literarne študije;magistrska dela;
URN:	URN:SI:UM:
Type (COBISS):	Master's thesis/paper
Thesis comment:	Univ. v Mariboru, Filozofska fak., Oddelek za anglistiko in amerikanistiko
Pages:	52 f.
ID:	8756646