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Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva ((ドイツ語:Der Wahn und die Träume in W. Jensens "Gradiva")) is an essay written in 1907 by Sigmund Freud that subjects the novel ''Gradiva'' by Wilhelm Jensen, and especially its protagonist, to psychoanalysis. The novel is about a young archaeologist, Norbert Hanold, who comes to realize his love for his childhood friend through a long and complex process, mainly by associating her with an idealized woman in the form of the ''Gradiva'' bas-relief. Freud considered the novel as providing a prime example of 'something which might be called "cure by seduction" or "cure by love"', as well as evidence 'that the Oedipus complex is still active in normal adults, too'.〔Otto Fenichel, ''The Psychoanalytic Theory of Neurosis'' (London 1946) p. 548 and p. 108〕 ==Analysis== An isolated, unworldly individual, Hanold has 'repressed the memory of a girl, Zoë Bertgang, with whom he has grown up and to whom he had been affectionately attached'; but is unconsciously reminded of her by 'a bas-relief depicting a young, lovely woman with a distinctive gait. He calls her "Gradiva," which means "the woman who steps along"'.〔Peter Gay, ''Freud: A Life for Our Time'' (London 1989) p. 320-1〕 After a dream about "Gradiva" and the destruction of Pompeii, Hanold 'leaves for Pompeii, where he meets a young woman, very much alive, whom he takes for Gradiva. In the course of the meetings that follow, he organizes his mania, stalking and interpreting signs (Gradiva appears at noon, the ghost hour, and the like). "Gradiva" seeks to cure him by gradually revealing her identity to him'.〔(Roger Perron, "Delusions and Dreams in Jensen's 'Gradiva'" )〕 The woman is of course Hanold's childhood sweetheart, Zoë; and 'fortunately his "Gradiva" is as shrewd as she is beautiful. Zoë, the "source" of his malaise, also becomes the agent of its resolution; recognizing Hanold's delusions for what they are, she restores him to sanity, disentangling his fantasies from reality'〔Gay, p. 321〕 - it 'is only Zoë who can tell him that his archeological interest is sublimated desire for her'.〔Ranjana Khanna, ''Dark Continents'' (2003) p. 54〕 With respect to 'the final paragraph, in which Jensen has Hanold asking Zoë to walk ahead of him and she complies with a smile, Freud put, "Erotic...foot interest"'...By walking ahead of him in imitation of "Gradiva" on the plaque, she finds the key to his therapy'.〔 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Delusion and Dream in Jensen's Gradiva」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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