The uncanny: Freuds article used to analyze the film the devils backbone
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Table of Contents
- Introduction
- Freud notes in his essay
- Our fears: Animated in the movie by the director's cinematic techniques
- Freud's way of relating everything to sexuality
- The orphans: Carlos and Santi
- The ghost child
- Carlos' confrontation with Santi
- The orphanage: A symbol of a constructed home and shelter
- Conclusion
- Bibliography
Abstract
In his essay "the uncanny" freud writes of the rarity of a psychoanalyst being asked to contribute material to an understanding of the field of aesthetics. His discussion of the meaning of 'horror' makes sense however, psychologically, because things that frighten us often have their roots in psychological distress. For freud the uncanny refers to "what is frightening...what excites fear in general." freud describes the uncanny as "properties of persons, things, sense-impressions, experiences and situations...." that have in common a relationship to things that he describes as "old and long familiar." How he asks, is it that things which are familiar to us can be frightening? Sometimes these normal things turn into the opposite of what we think they should be, mean or represent. It is in these cases, freud notes, which give rise to the sense of uncertainty that characterizes fright.
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