Logomachia in Some of Doris Lessing’s Major Works
Session
Education and Development
Description
Disillusioned with politics and engagement in the British left movement, as well as not finding political answers to human misery, Doris Lessing once again turns her eyes to the individual's self, making this individual responsible for the use of creative abilities and moral development. Under this perspective, the aim of this study is to present the psychological background which supports Lessing's psychoanalytic approach in some of her best long and short fiction works. In the multitude of psychoanalytic theories, R. D. Laing's and Carl Jung's theories present more interest in the influence and worldview formation of the writer. This study argues that Jung’s encounter with madness and his near-death experience—provided Lessing with not only a successful nekyia by which to evaluate her protagonists’ less successful inner journey but also a series of images that she reworked in her fiction.
Keywords:
Doris Lessing, Carl Jung, R, D. Laing, The Grass is Singing, madness
Proceedings Editor
Edmond Hajrizi
ISBN
978-9951-550-95-6
Location
UBT Lipjan, Kosovo
Start Date
28-10-2023 8:00 AM
End Date
29-10-2023 6:00 PM
DOI
10.33107/ubt-ic.2023.331
Recommended Citation
Papa, Erinda, "Logomachia in Some of Doris Lessing’s Major Works" (2023). UBT International Conference. 31.
https://knowledgecenter.ubt-uni.net/conference/IC/EDU/31
Logomachia in Some of Doris Lessing’s Major Works
UBT Lipjan, Kosovo
Disillusioned with politics and engagement in the British left movement, as well as not finding political answers to human misery, Doris Lessing once again turns her eyes to the individual's self, making this individual responsible for the use of creative abilities and moral development. Under this perspective, the aim of this study is to present the psychological background which supports Lessing's psychoanalytic approach in some of her best long and short fiction works. In the multitude of psychoanalytic theories, R. D. Laing's and Carl Jung's theories present more interest in the influence and worldview formation of the writer. This study argues that Jung’s encounter with madness and his near-death experience—provided Lessing with not only a successful nekyia by which to evaluate her protagonists’ less successful inner journey but also a series of images that she reworked in her fiction.