The automata: the unheimlich in the theme of double

From the Medusa myth to the discussions proposed by Sigmund Freud in “Das Unheimliche” (1919), this work seeks to highlight the unheimlich in the anxiety linked to the figure of the automata. Thus, it calls attention to a topic little explored or even ignored by literary criticism, especially one th...

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Bibliographic Details
Author: Drummond, Ana Luiza Duarte de Brito
Format: article
Status:Published version
Publication Date:2022
Country:Brasil
Institution:Universidade Federal Fluminense (UFF)
Repository:Gragoatá
Language:Portuguese
OAI Identifier:oai:ojs.pkp.sfu.ca:article/53193
Online Access:https://periodicos.uff.br/gragoata/article/view/53193
Access Level:Open access
Keyword:Autômata
Duplo
Unheimlich
Apagamento feminino
Reprodução da vida
Automata
Double
Female deletion
Reproduction of life
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Summary:From the Medusa myth to the discussions proposed by Sigmund Freud in “Das Unheimliche” (1919), this work seeks to highlight the unheimlich in the anxiety linked to the figure of the automata. Thus, it calls attention to a topic little explored or even ignored by literary criticism, especially one that focuses on the theme of the double in the modern novel, to show the complex network of desires and frustrations that will connect the double and the automata in various modern works, in a single, deadly and disturbinglyunfamiliar nucleus.