Strindberg and Suggestion in "Miss Julie"

Greenway, John

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“…She discusses the misogyny of Strindberg in the context of the preface to the play. John Greenway (1968) deals with the important theme of hypnotic suggestion and situates the play in the context of the advent of science in the nineteenth century. Sprinchorn (1968) also analyses Strindberg's treatment of naturalism and tragedy in Miss Julie.…”

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Miss Julie: A Psychoanalytic Study

Jain

2015

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Sigmund Freud theorized that 'the hero of the tragedy must suffer…to bear the burden of tragic guilt…(that) lay in rebellion against some divine or human authority. ' August Strindberg, the Swedish poet, playwright, author and visual artist, like Shakespeare before him, portrayed insanity as the ultimate of tragic conflict. In this paper I seek to explore and reiterate the dynamics of human relationships that are as relevant today as they were in Strindberg's time. I propose to examine Strindberg's Miss Julie, a play set in nineteenth century Sweden, through a psychoanalytic lens. The play deals with bold themes of class and sexual identity politics. Notwithstanding the progress made in breaking down gender barriers, the inequalities inherent in a patriarchal system persist in modern society. Miss Julie highlights these imbalances. My analysis of the play deals with issues of culture and psyche, and draws on Freud, Melanie Klein, Lacan, Luce Irigaray and other contemporary feminists. Miss Julie is a discourse on hysteria, which is still pivotal to psychoanalysis. Prominent philosophers like Hegel and the psychoanalyst Jacques Lacan have written about the dialectic of the master and the slave-a relationship that is characterized by dependence, demand and cruelty. The history of human civilization shows beyond any doubt that there is an intimate connection between cruelty and the sexual instinct. An analysis of the text is carried out using the sado-masochistic dynamic as well the slave-master discourse. I argue that Miss Julie subverts the slave-master relationship. The struggle for dominance and power is closely linked with the theme of sexuality in the unconscious. To quote the English actor and director Alan Rickman, 'Watching or working on the plays of Strindberg is like seeing the skin, flesh and bones of life separated from each other. Challenging and timeless. '

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Miss Julie: A Psychoanalytic Study

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“…Nordau's 1885 work Paradoxes, which unlike his later work presented a largely affirmative account of physiological aesthetics and a biomedical model of society, was particularly admired by Strindberg (Greenway 1986). In his chapter on the 'psycho-physiological theory of genius and talent', Nordau poised genius as a balance between Schopenhauerian 'Will' and Kantian 'Judgement'.…”

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How Edvard Munch and August Strindberg Contracted Protoplasmania: Memory, Synesthesia, and the Vibratory Organism in Fin-de-Siècle Europe

Brain

2010

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Late nineteenth-century scientists sought to bring together energy and evolution through the elastic, semi-fluid substance preponderant in the cells of all organisms: protoplasm. For several decades protoplasm functioned as a "boundary-object", supporting a myriad of scientific problems and research constituencies. This essay considers research into protoplasm as the bearer of vibrations thought to store organic memory, including heredity, and serving as the basis of physiological and psychological movement and differentiation of sensory function. The constituencies interested in these notions of the vibratory organism included several aesthetic theorists and artists, including the Norwegian painter Edvard Munch and his friend August Strindberg, the Swedish playwright, painter, and photographer. The explorations of Munch and Strindberg in the possibilities of synesthetic and automatic art are shown to be a critical component of early modernism.

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August Strindberg's Exilic Modernity

Szalczer¹

2019

A Companion to World Literature

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The chapter discusses Swedish author August Strindberg as a distinctly modern writer and one of the seminal figures of the first wave of modern drama. Following a brief overview of Strindberg's experimental and heterogeneous literary output and the positioning of his work on the scene of contemporaneous cultural and literary discourses, the chapter charts Strindberg's most influential contributions as a dramatist, using examples that had a profound impact on the future development of modern drama. The discussion traces the process of internalization of drama in Strindberg's works, from his unique brand of psychological naturalism through his proto‐expressionistic dream plays to his late Chamber Plays. Strindberg's global impact and multidisciplinary legacy are also assessed.

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Strindberg and Suggestion in "Miss Julie"

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Miss Julie: A Psychoanalytic Study

Miss Julie: A Psychoanalytic Study

How Edvard Munch and August Strindberg Contracted Protoplasmania: Memory, Synesthesia, and the Vibratory Organism in Fin-de-Siècle Europe

August Strindberg's Exilic Modernity

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