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dc.rights.licenseCC-BY-NC-ND
dc.contributor.advisorBorzaga, Michela
dc.contributor.authorWerdnik, Paula
dc.date.accessioned2022-09-09T04:02:27Z
dc.date.available2022-09-09T04:02:27Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.identifier.urihttps://studenttheses.uu.nl/handle/20.500.12932/42726
dc.description.abstractThis Master's thesis explores Anais Nin's controversial first unexpurgated diary, titled Henry & June. The thesis explores the ways in which the diary has been an influential literary space of self-representation for women writers, both as a platform of self-fashioning and as a safe space for exploring taboo topics. This thesis explores various taboo notions such as lesbian desire, queerness, non-monogamous relationships, female sexuality, incest, the fragmented self, and childhood trauma. Sigmund Freud's notions of the taboo and pscyhoanalysis, as defined in Totem and Taboo (1913), act as a theoretical framework within this thesis. While the diary has historically received less critical attention than other life-writing genres such as the autobiography, this thesis proposes that the diary can act as a feminist literary space in which conventional gender roles can be challenged through writing, the self can be explored, and taboo topics can be addressed.
dc.description.sponsorshipUtrecht University
dc.language.isoEN
dc.subjectThis MA thesis centers on a close reading analysis of Anais Nin's first unexpurgated diary, titled Henry & June. This thesis aims to explore the ways in which the diary form has been influential as a space of self-representation for women writers, and as a space of exploring taboo topics such as queer or non-monogamous relationships, female sexuality, and challenging conventional gender roles through writing. Sigmund Freud's notions of the taboo and pscyhoanalysis act as a theoretical framework.
dc.titleExploring Gender Roles and Sigmund Freud’s Taboo in the Unexpurgated Diary of Anais Nin
dc.type.contentMaster Thesis
dc.rights.accessrightsOpen Access
dc.subject.keywordsTaboo; gender roles; Anais Nin; diary; diary writing; psychoanalysis; self-representation; women writers; feminist literature; censorship; the self;
dc.subject.courseuuLiteratuur vandaag
dc.thesis.id10458


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