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THE COMPARISON OF SIGMUND FREUDS ID THE EGO AND THE SUPEREGO TO CHUCK PALAHNIUKS TYLER THE NARRATOR AND SOCIETY IN THE NOVEL FIGHT CLUB

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http://dx.doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).32      10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).32      Published : Mar 2021

The Comparison of Sigmund Freud's Id, the Ego and the Superego to Chuck Palahniuk's Tyler, the Narrator, and society in the Novel Fight Club

Abstract

    Psychoanalysis has been used for decades to explore the hidden motives and explanation of violent behavior of the characters in a novel. This paper analyses Chuck Palahniuk's famous novel Fight Club using Freudian psychoanalysis. It explores the Freudian concepts of Id, Ego, and Super-ego as portrayed in the character of Tyler, the narrator, and the society in the novel. The research show how the characters of Tyler Durden with his violent behavior and the narrator with his passive lifestyle are a suitable representation of Freudian Id and Ego, respectively. The paper also throws light upon the role of society with its intricate web of rules and its influence on the behavior of the narrator and the violence of Tyler Durden

    Id, Ego, Super-ego, Nature, Instincts, Psychoanalysis

    (1) Faiz Ullah
    Lecturer, Islamia College Peshawar, KP, Pakistan
    (2) Mujtaba Khan
    Lecturer, Department of English, University of Swabi, Swabi, KP, Pakistan
    (3) Rehmat Ali Yousaf Zai
    Student of PhD TESOL, School of Educational Studies, University Science Malaysia (USM-Main Campus) Malaysia
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APA

    APA : Ullah, F., Khan, M., & Zai, R. A. Y. (2021). The Comparison of Sigmund Freud's Id, the Ego and the Superego to Chuck Palahniuk's Tyler, the Narrator, and society in the Novel Fight Club. Global Language Review, VI(I), 298-306. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).32

CHICAGO

    CHICAGO : Ullah, Faiz, Mujtaba Khan, and Rehmat Ali Yousaf Zai. 2021. "The Comparison of Sigmund Freud's Id, the Ego and the Superego to Chuck Palahniuk's Tyler, the Narrator, and society in the Novel Fight Club." Global Language Review, VI (I): 298-306 doi: 10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).32

HARVARD

    HARVARD : ULLAH, F., KHAN, M. & ZAI, R. A. Y. 2021. The Comparison of Sigmund Freud's Id, the Ego and the Superego to Chuck Palahniuk's Tyler, the Narrator, and society in the Novel Fight Club. Global Language Review, VI, 298-306.

MHRA

    MHRA : Ullah, Faiz, Mujtaba Khan, and Rehmat Ali Yousaf Zai. 2021. "The Comparison of Sigmund Freud's Id, the Ego and the Superego to Chuck Palahniuk's Tyler, the Narrator, and society in the Novel Fight Club." Global Language Review, VI: 298-306

MLA

    MLA : Ullah, Faiz, Mujtaba Khan, and Rehmat Ali Yousaf Zai. "The Comparison of Sigmund Freud's Id, the Ego and the Superego to Chuck Palahniuk's Tyler, the Narrator, and society in the Novel Fight Club." Global Language Review, VI.I (2021): 298-306 Print.

OXFORD

    OXFORD : Ullah, Faiz, Khan, Mujtaba, and Zai, Rehmat Ali Yousaf (2021), "The Comparison of Sigmund Freud's Id, the Ego and the Superego to Chuck Palahniuk's Tyler, the Narrator, and society in the Novel Fight Club", Global Language Review, VI (I), 298-306

TURABIAN

    TURABIAN : Ullah, Faiz, Mujtaba Khan, and Rehmat Ali Yousaf Zai. "The Comparison of Sigmund Freud's Id, the Ego and the Superego to Chuck Palahniuk's Tyler, the Narrator, and society in the Novel Fight Club." Global Language Review VI, no. I (2021): 298-306. https://doi.org/10.31703/glr.2021(VI-I).32