Medeiros, Paulo de (2011) Consenting to be wrecked. Journal of Romance Studies, Vol.11 (No.3). pp. 91-107. doi:10.3167/jrs.2011.110308 ISSN 1473-3536.

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Abstract

The works of Lídia Jorge are key for an understanding of the relationship between psychoanalysis and Portuguese literature. This essay looks at three recent novels by Lídia Jorge, focusing on how the narratives deploy psychoanalytical concepts in order to engage ethically and politically with Portugal's relation to its imperial past and its present postcolonial condition. The protagonists are viewed as damaged individuals in parallel to their society. The focus on Oedipal transferences that informs much of the earlier of the three novels subsides gradually as the latest novel engages more radically with the mirror stage and a representation of the Real as a form of spectacle in a betrayal of post-revolutionary dreams for a better society.

Item Type:	Journal Article
Divisions:	Faculty of Arts > English and Comparative Literary Studies
Journal or Publication Title:	Journal of Romance Studies
Publisher:	Berghahn Books Ltd.
ISSN:	1473-3536
Official Date:	June 2011
Dates:	Date Event June 2011 Published
Volume:	Vol.11
Number:	No.3
Page Range:	pp. 91-107
DOI:	10.3167/jrs.2011.110308
Status:	Peer Reviewed
Publication Status:	Published
Access rights to Published version:	Restricted or Subscription Access

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