出版社：Canadian Academy of Oriental and Occidental Culture
摘要：The Lacanian reading of A Painful Case provides a foundation for James Joyce’s characterization. It explains clearly some details within the story which reveal the fact that the reason behind Mr. Duffy’s engagement in an ideal fantasy world is his obsession with “ideal ego”. This easy aims at reading A Painful Case – a short story from Dubliners – through employing terminology from Lacanian psychoanalysis. It will show how the protagonist’s interactions, reactions and in general life style is affected by the intricate tensions between his experience of the imaginary order, the symbolic order and the Real.Key words: James Joyce; A Painful Case; Psychoanalysis; Lacan
关键词：James Joyce; A Painful Case; Psychoanalysis; Lacan
