Re: I view it as a I view dreams using anachronistic Freudian interpretations.
wahooka Send a noteboard - 19/06/2010 04:34:27 PM
When I studied this story in my literature course my professor was adamantly against any Freudian interpretations of this story. But I prefer to use them and see the nose as a representation for the penis and all that entails when a man loses his penis. Plus, I do see this as a dream so in my more thoughtful moments I try to ascribe no meaning whatsoever to the story and just take it as a series of images following one another with no purpose.
Basically the story is about nothing. And yet a story about nothing is something.
Basically the story is about nothing. And yet a story about nothing is something.
That's an interesting explanation. My first take on the missing nose situation was that even the vain and pretty people aren't always absolutely happy with all their body parts, and usually find something on themselves that they would wish was different. I think that this is also a reason why plastic surgery is so popular these days.
Gogol: The Nose/The Overcoat
- 16/06/2010 02:28:27 PM
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The Nose is... odd.
- 16/06/2010 05:29:51 PM
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I view it as a I view dreams using anachronistic Freudian interpretations.
- 16/06/2010 06:43:12 PM
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Re: I view it as a I view dreams using anachronistic Freudian interpretations.
- 19/06/2010 04:34:27 PM
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I like The Overcoat better.
- 16/06/2010 08:27:38 PM
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The Overcoat, while also fantastical, is easier to understand I think
- 17/06/2010 03:23:11 PM
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I read The Nose last week and will read The Overcoat tonight. Here is a brief
- 18/06/2010 03:44:32 AM
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Re: I read The Nose last week and will read The Overcoat tonight. Here is a brief
- 18/06/2010 04:12:26 AM
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While the stories are entertaining, they didn't leave me with that much to say.
- 13/07/2010 01:52:10 AM
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I keep trying to think of something to add to this discussion and I can't.
- 18/06/2010 02:39:34 PM
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