Word: freudian
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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Barker has no problem accepting women (which he calls either "girls" or "ladies," depending on the reference) as intelligent and capable. But for someone who looks so disdainfully on the Freudian philosophy, Barker just can't seem to grasp the fact that the world does not revolve around his penis. While his academic work is on the cutting edge of his field, his brain--and his body--are still operating in a 1950s mode...
...narrator is considerate enough, through all the action, to outline the psychological interpretations, the implications of the course of events on his psyche, in case the readers are not well enough versed in Freudian theory...
PEER GYNT. Hartford Stage Company captures both the epic sweep and the proto- Freudian core of Ibsen's poem of self-discovery in a sequential pair of full-length productions...
PEER GYNT. Hartford Stage Company captures both the epic sweep and the proto- Freudian core of Ibsen's poem of self-discovery in a sequential pair of full-length productions...
This war of words, which takes up most of the play, proves a Freudian playground, as Julie and Jean reveal the deep-seated psychological reason behind the simultaneous attraction and loathing each feels for the other. But Miss Julie is more than just a battle of the sexes. The play is also a condemnation of an aristocracy so decadent that its hypocrisy has infected the servant class as well. It has been argued that Strindberg is a misogynist who places too much of the blame on Julie and punishes her too harshly. But Jean proves to be just as manipulative...