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- Title
"MEMORY BELIEVES BEFORE KNOWING REMEMBERS": THE INSISTENCE OF THE PAST AND LACAN'S UNCONSCIOUS DESIRE IN LIGHT IN AUGUST.
- Authors
Schreiber, Evelyn Jaffe
- Abstract
The article analyzes the persistence of the past and the psychoanalytic theory of Jacques Lacan's unconscious desire in William Faulkner's "Light in August." Lacan believes that unconscious memory appears as a symptom of repressing which gives rise to desire and dangerous behavior. The Southern patriarchy is tied to repetition of the past that is reflected by the community's response to the murder by Joe Christmas. Details are given for the desire of other characters.
- Subjects
FAULKNER, William, 1897-1962; LIGHT in August (Book : Faulkner); DESIRE in literature; LACAN, Jacques, 1901-1981; SUBCONSCIOUSNESS in literature; SOCIAL conditions in the Southern United States; LITERARY characters; MURDER in literature; ATTITUDE (Psychology); PSYCHOANALYSIS in literature; PATRIARCHY in literature; REPRESSION (Psychology) in literature; MODERNISM (Literary period)
- Publication
Faulkner Journal, 2004, Vol 20, Issue 1/2, p71
- ISSN
0884-2949
- Publication type
Literary Criticism