%0 Journal Article
%T Living Through the Boarders of the Illusory Real: The Psychological Interpretation of Joyce¡¯s A Painful Case in the Context of Lacan¡¯s Theories
%A Aliye Mohammad Jafari
%A Fatemeh Pourjafari
%J Canadian Social Science
%D 2013
%I Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
%R 10.3968/j.css.1923669720130901.1011
%X The Lacanian reading of A Painful Case provides a foundation for James Joyce¡¯s characterization. It explains clearly some details within the story which reveal the fact that the reason behind Mr. Duffy¡¯s engagement in an ideal fantasy world is his obsession with ¡°ideal ego¡±. This easy aims at reading A Painful Case ¨C a short story from Dubliners ¨C through employing terminology from Lacanian psychoanalysis. It will show how the protagonist¡¯s interactions, reactions and in general life style is affected by the intricate tensions between his experience of the imaginary order, the symbolic order and the Real. Key words: James Joyce; A Painful Case; Psychoanalysis; Lacan
%K James Joyce
%K A Painful Case
%K Psychoanalysis
%K Lacan
%U http://cscanada.net/index.php/css/article/view/3225