Blind cave of eternal night: The work of mourning in Tagore's Play of Four

Translations of summary This paper correlates Sigmund Freud and Rabindranath Tagore's writings on mourning through two specific texts. Despite being contemporaries and profoundly influential, Tagore and Freud's spheres of influence have tended to be separate, so that there have been but few attempts at connecting their philosophies. This essay examines the second chapter of Tagore's novella Play of Four (Chaturanga, 1916) in the light of Freud's essay ‘Mourning and melancholia’ (1917). It explores how mourning may at once demand confirmation and denial; how it affects love and desire. The essay examines the Freudian concept of the unconscious through Tagore's symbolism; it also looks at Tagore and Freud's references to autobiographical elements and Shakespeare in their writing. The paper thus offers a close and juxtaposed reading of texts by two of the most important writers of the past century, who wrote and revolutionized our thinking about human minds and lives. In doing so, it throws new light on Tagore's novella and further proves the universality of Freud's propositions. La caverne aveugle de la nuit éternelle: Le travail de deuil dans Chaturaga de Tagore L'auteur de cet article met en regard les écrits sur la mélancolie de Sigmund Freud et de Rabindranath Tagore à travers deux textes en particulier. Malgré le fait que Freud et Tagore soient des contemporains aux personnalités influentes, leur sphère d'influence respective est demeurée relativement distinct...
Source: The International Journal of Psychoanalysis - Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Authors: Tags: Original Article Source Type: research
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