A Christmas Carol: A Therapeutic Tale?
A Christmas Carol: A Therapeutic Tale?
Author(s): Ewa Kujawska-Lis
Subject(s): Cultural history, Studies of Literature, 19th Century, Philology, British Literature
Published by: Wydawnictwa Uniwersytetu Warszawskiego
Keywords: A Christmas Carol; Scrooge; Philip Zimbardo; Time Perspective Therapy; time perception
Summary/Abstract: This analysis of Charles Dickens’s A Christmas Carol uses psychological theory to address the question of what happened to effect a change in Scrooge’s behavioural patterns. It deals with the perception of time and balancing time perspectives, in the context of Philip Zimbardo’s Temporal Theory and Time Perspective Therapy.
- Page Range: 199-210
- Page Count: 12
- Publication Year: 2018
- Language: English
- Content File-PDF
