Literary Transference in Thomas Pynchon's Slow Learner

Authors

  • Nils Goran Skare L-Dopa Publications

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.affs.v18n34a6

Keywords:

reading, transference, unconscious

Abstract

This paper explores the psychoanalytic concept of transference in the field of literary theory. We formulate the concept of transference from Jacques Lacan's teaching. Following this, we proceed to the reading of Thomas Pynchon's Slow Learner by considering whether this phenomenon is operational. We locate a symptom in/of our reading, problematize the literary transference, and argue that the unconscious is what does not cease to not write. We discuss that formulation and explore writing as sinthome. We conclude with the discussion on negative transference and open ourselves to the political importance of literacity.

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Author Biography

Nils Goran Skare, L-Dopa Publications

He studied Social Sciences and Literature in Curitiba (Brazil), at the Federal University of Paraná (UFPR). He has worked as a writer and translator, bringing renowned authors such as Baudelaire, Huysmans, Mark Twain, Akutagawa Ryunosuke and Strindberg to Portuguese. He has also published his own works of fiction such as A Antibruma, and in 2016 he published 3 Psicoanalíticos Essays, an anthology of essays with a psychoanalytic inclination. He has written dozens of articles on research related to psychoanalysis, semiotics, cinema, and translation.

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Published

2021-06-21

How to Cite

Skare, N. G. (2021). Literary Transference in Thomas Pynchon’s Slow Learner. Affectio Societatis, 18(34), 1–18. https://doi.org/10.17533/udea.affs.v18n34a6

Issue

Vol. 18 No. 34 (2021): Revista Affectio Societatis

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Short Articles

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