我的俄狄浦斯情結(jié)課件

My

Oedipus

Complexby

FrankO’ConnorSummaryLarry,

afive-year-old

boy,

grewup

in

hisown

safeworld

with

just

himself

and

his

mother.However,when

his

father,

a

man

whom

Larry

hardlyknows,returned

from

WWI, a

constant

battle

happenedbetween

Larry

and

his

father

for

the

mother's

love

andattention.What

are

the

characteristics

of

Larry?cares

a

lot

about

hismother.childish,

but

behaves

like

an

adult

person,

andobserves

things

in

detail

and

analyzes

themlogically.has

sophisticated

words

and

thoughts.pays

great

attention

to

equality

andfairness

I

putmy

feet

outfromundertheclothes--Icalledthem

Mrs.

Left

andMrs.

Right--andinventeddramatic

situations

for

them

in

which

theydiscussedthe

problems

of

the

day.Why

did

Larry

call

them

Mrs

left

and

MrsRight?

What

did

this

indicate？1) Because

of

the

lock

of

father's

love,

he

wasrelyingtoo

much

on

hismother.2）Because

of

the

WWI,

most

of

men

were

on

thebattlefiled,

so

Larry

spent

many

times

with

womenand

had

little

chance

to

know

the

diffenence

betweenMrs

and

Mr.Indication:

lock

of

father's

lovethe

cruety

of

the

warWhen

his

back

was

turned,

Mother

let

me

get

a

chair

andrummage

through

his

treasures.

She

didn't

seem

to

think

sohighly

of

them

as

he

did.You

mustn't

play

with

Daddy's

toys

unless

he

lets

you,

Larry,”she

said

severely.

“Daddy

doesn't

play

with

yours.”For

some

reason

Father

looked

at

her

as

if

she

had

struck

himand

then

turned

away

with

ascowl.Why

didn't

Mother

care

about

Father'sstaff?Why

did

Father

gethurt?The

firstversion:Father

suffered

a

lot

from

the

war,

and

these

thingsseemed

like

the

signs

of

the

past.

However,

She

didn'tunderstand

these,

therefore,

her

husband'streasuresmeaned

just

toys

for

her.Father

got

hurt

because

her

wife

didin'tunderstandhim,

even

worse,

she

didn't

treat

her

husband

as

aman,

but

another

Larry.The

secondversion:She

wanted

to

be

a

mediator

between

son

andhusband

and

tried

to

connect

them.

For

example,

byleting

Larry

play

with

Father's

treasures,

Larry

canknow

more

about

his

father.

Although

She

didn't

saydirectly,

but

she

implied

that

father

should

make

astep

into

the

son’s

world

,

communicating

with

theson

and

showing

his

love.

“What

time

is

it?”

he

asked

in

apanic-stricken

voice,notlooking

Mother

but

the

door,

as

if

he

saw

someonethere.“It’s

early

yet,”

she

replied

soothingly.

“It’s

only

the

child.Go

to

sleep

again....Now,

Larry,”

she

added...Why

did

Father

response

like

that?What

caused

the

conflicts

between

Larry

andFather?What

is

the

turning

point

in

the

change

of

thetense

relationship

between

Father

and

Larry?Do

you

think

whether

the

author's

purpose

is

toprove

oedipus

complex

in

thisstory?

Why?Yes.In

the

story,

the

author

depicted

with

galore

humourthe

boy’s

“Oedipus

Complex”

referring

toFreudianpsychoanalysis.For

example,

at

the

beginning

the

young

boy

dislikeshis

father

and

does

a

lot

of

things

to

compete

with

hisfather.

Besides,

the

plot

of

this

text

is

about

thepsychological

change

of

Larry.

His

sleeping

with

hisfather

in

one

bed

in

the

end

of

the

story

symbolizesthe

protagonist’s

successful

psychological

change.No.“My

Oedipus

Complex”

is

a

piece

of

artistic

creativity

(sibling

rivalry)

rather

than

scientific

experiment

ofFreudianism.

The

author

distorts

father’srole-model

in

afamily

and

introduces

sibling

rivalry

into

Oedipus

Complex,which

gives

readers

a

brand

new

understanding

of

humanrelations.To

some

extent,

Larry

considered

his

father

as

his

brothersbecause

he

didn't

understand

what

father

is

and

what

are

thedifferences

between

them.The

disappearance

of

father-sonrivalry

ofOedipusComplexin

this

story

is

not

ended

up

with

the

son’s

entering

intoCastration

Complex,

but

with

the

shift

of

mother’s

love

to

thenew-born.The

new

birth

in

family

attracts

all

mother’sattention.

This

time,

poor

father

and

Larry

compromise

witheach

other

just

because

they

share

the

same

experience.Mother

said

we

couldn't

afford

one

till

Father

came

back

fromthe

war

because

they

cost

seventeen

and

six.the

only

thing

that

seemed

to

divert

him

was

talking

tofellowsas

old

ashimself.Really,

it

was

like

going

for

a

walk

with

amountain!Daddy

must

go

out

and

find

us

some(money).

You

knowwhatwould

happen

if

hecouldn't?”“No,”

Isaid.“Well,

I

think

we

might

have

to

go

out

and

beg

for

them

likethe

old

woman

on

Fridays.What

are

these

descriptions

indicating?

The

economic

crisis

after

the

WWI.

Although

thisstory

did

not

tell

us

directly

about

people's

livingconditions,

but

we

can

concl