THE DON JUAN COMPLEX AND THE SADNESS OF HANDSOME LICĂ THE TROUBADOUR Cover Image

COMPLEXUL DON JUAN ŞI TRISTEŢEA FRUMOSULUI LICĂ TRUBADURUL
THE DON JUAN COMPLEX AND THE SADNESS OF HANDSOME LICĂ THE TROUBADOUR

Author(s): Simona Galatchi
Subject(s): Literary Texts
Published by: Editura Universităţii Vasile Goldiş
Keywords: Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu; the Don Juan complex;identification; Lică Trubadurul

Summary/Abstract: This article represents an analysis worksheet for a character in the literary work of the Hortensia Papadat-Bengescu (1876 – 1955): Lică the Troubadour, examined from psychoanalytical perspective. The details supplied by the Romanian writer in her novels and in the character’s actions are outlines in the first part of the article, according to their relevance for this psycho-critical approach. The second part of the article offers the proper interpretation of the data. This interdisciplinary research leads to a better understanding of the coherence of the character, led by the author from a novel to another, to the penetration of the psychological mechanisms that constitute the motive of his actions and to a new evaluation of Lică’s relationship with Sia, his daughter.

  • Issue Year: XII/2016
  • Issue No: 02
  • Page Range: 41-50
  • Page Count: 10
  • Language: English