Psychological Analysis of Selected Thrillers and Mysteries of Guy De Maupassant
Introduction:
Critical analysis of literature existed even in the primeval times but it was only in the early 20th century that analyzing the works of other writers became a profession. The main aim was mostly to identify with the intent of the author while penning down the words. A curiosity to comprehend what the author was actually trying to articulate through every description of the scenery and every action of the characters, made the way for literary analysis. For this very reason, studying the history and biography of the authors became an important part in the analysis of their works. The original approach towards literary …show more content…
Many scholars hold responsible the fatal disease for Maupassant’s fascination with mental illness. Almost all the later works by the author deal with abnormal psychology and madness. But in reality, Maupassant was fascinated with psychology and psychosis even before he was struck with the illness. ‘La Maison Tellier’ is the first collection released by Maupassant during the heights of his mental stability and health. The collection has mental illness as a theme among many others.
Many of his horror works, dealing with the existence of different parallel worlds and creatures in other dimensions are written in such a way that that it cannot be told if the story is confirming the existence of a world beyond our own or is just a hallucination caused due to mental illness or a tired mind. Maupassant’s stories like ‘’, 'Who Knows?', and ‘Letter from a Madman’ are the supreme examples. His famous horror tales ‘La Horla’ and ’The Terror’ deal with fear of the unknown, unseen and the basic fear of fear …show more content…
How different they are while being used during different stages of his illness? And also the distinction between the psychological themes being used by the author as general area of interest and something intimate and distressing which affected his personal life. Are his great works with abnormal psychological themes as realistic only because of his own connection with the subject or also because of his own genius as a renowned author of the Realistic School and pragmatic psychological works? Research Problem:
Maupassant’s great works with abnormal psychological themes as realistic only because of his own connection with the subject or also because of his own genius as a renowned author of the Realistic School and pragmatic psychological works? Was he able to describe in words, a basic fear that exists in every individual, but often forcefully ignored on a subconscious level, only because illness drew him to such a state where turning a blind eye to it was not an option?
Tentative Chapters:
The paper is divided into 4 chapters - Study of 'Who Knows?' and 'Was it a Dream?’,Study of 'The Terror', Study of 'La Horla' and Conclusion. Works Cited:
Works cited are the short stories by Guy De Maupassant. The selected stories are ‘La Horla’, ‘The Terror’, ‘Who Knows?’ and ‘Was it a Dream?’.There are also mentions of some other short stories by the
Introduction:
Critical analysis of literature existed even in the primeval times but it was only in the early 20th century that analyzing the works of other writers became a profession. The main aim was mostly to identify with the intent of the author while penning down the words. A curiosity to comprehend what the author was actually trying to articulate through every description of the scenery and every action of the characters, made the way for literary analysis. For this very reason, studying the history and biography of the authors became an important part in the analysis of their works. The original approach towards literary …show more content…
Many scholars hold responsible the fatal disease for Maupassant’s fascination with mental illness. Almost all the later works by the author deal with abnormal psychology and madness. But in reality, Maupassant was fascinated with psychology and psychosis even before he was struck with the illness. ‘La Maison Tellier’ is the first collection released by Maupassant during the heights of his mental stability and health. The collection has mental illness as a theme among many others.
Many of his horror works, dealing with the existence of different parallel worlds and creatures in other dimensions are written in such a way that that it cannot be told if the story is confirming the existence of a world beyond our own or is just a hallucination caused due to mental illness or a tired mind. Maupassant’s stories like ‘’, 'Who Knows?', and ‘Letter from a Madman’ are the supreme examples. His famous horror tales ‘La Horla’ and ’The Terror’ deal with fear of the unknown, unseen and the basic fear of fear …show more content…
How different they are while being used during different stages of his illness? And also the distinction between the psychological themes being used by the author as general area of interest and something intimate and distressing which affected his personal life. Are his great works with abnormal psychological themes as realistic only because of his own connection with the subject or also because of his own genius as a renowned author of the Realistic School and pragmatic psychological works? Research Problem:
Maupassant’s great works with abnormal psychological themes as realistic only because of his own connection with the subject or also because of his own genius as a renowned author of the Realistic School and pragmatic psychological works? Was he able to describe in words, a basic fear that exists in every individual, but often forcefully ignored on a subconscious level, only because illness drew him to such a state where turning a blind eye to it was not an option?
Tentative Chapters:
The paper is divided into 4 chapters - Study of 'Who Knows?' and 'Was it a Dream?’,Study of 'The Terror', Study of 'La Horla' and Conclusion. Works Cited:
Works cited are the short stories by Guy De Maupassant. The selected stories are ‘La Horla’, ‘The Terror’, ‘Who Knows?’ and ‘Was it a Dream?’.There are also mentions of some other short stories by the