ENGL 2800W Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Ego Ideal, Jacques Lacan, Oedipus Complex
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Midterm exam review 03/07/17: he is studying speech within the language system, focuses on semiology, he wants to emphasize the naming system. That concepts occur at the same time of the name: linguistic signs are lined up in special way, 3 types of arbitrariness (below) Connection of the two in terms of linguistic value. Language is almost entirely an arbitrary system: says that language puts sounds in two axes. Mobley: she defines the viewer (male) who is looking upon the object (female) Freudian look because it is a male who is gaining pleasure through sexual desire from looking at the female. Another perspective looking at the male character, pointing towards lacan"s theory. Freud: 2 topographies (2 books, interpretations of dreams- discusses the conscious and unconscious mind. Id- pleasure principle: when the infant is born, all they want is pleasure, pure experiences.
