“Life as a quotation” (“das zitathafte Leben”) is a phrase that Thomas Mann formulated in his celebratory speech on the occasion of Sigmund Freud's 80th birthday to present his vision of a life that is always made up of (un)conscious repetitions of prefabricated patterns. This paper offers an analysis of the “life-as-quote” formula in two perspectives. The notion is examined, once, within the writer's speech and, secondly, in the context of psychoanalysis with an emphasis on the mechanisms of identification. Some of the questions the text attempts to answer are: what is quotation in this perspective and what is its significance for literary studies.
“LIFE AS QUOTATION”: “FREUD AND THE FUTURE” (THOMAS MANN)
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YEAR: КНИГА 9PUBLISHED ON :
PUBLISHER: INSTITUTE FOR LITERATUREISSN (Print): 2738-7631ISSN (Online): 2815-2999
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- NAME: Ivan Georgiev
- INVERSION: Georgiev, Ivan
- E-MAIL: [email protected]
- INSTITUTION: Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski”
- COUNTRY: Bulgaria
ИВАН ГЕОРГИЕВ (1999, Стара Загора) е докторант по западноевропейска литература в Софийски университет „Св. Климент Охридски“ с дисертация на тема „Цитат и лайтмотив в творчеството на Томас Ман“. Интересува се от литературна теория, литературата на XX век и съвременността, културна антропология, история на идеите и творческо писане. B момента работи като редактор.
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ABSTRACT“Life as a quotation” (“das zitathafte Leben”) is a phrase that Thomas Mann formulated in his celebratory speech on the occasion of Sigmund Freud's 80th birthday to present his vision of a life that is always made up of (un)conscious repetitions of prefabricated patterns. This paper offers an analysis of the “life-as-quote” formula in two perspectives. The notion is examined, once, within the writer's speech and, secondly, in the context of psychoanalysis with an emphasis on the mechanisms of identification. Some of the questions the text attempts to answer are: what is quotation in this perspective and what is its significance for literary studies.
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