Part VI: Language and Time
As my research is specialising in the presence of male hysteria in Nineteenth-Century literature, I need to conduct my research using language of the period to get the results I need.
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part V
Part V: More ideas
With the basic ideas for my dissertation in place and background reading well underway, I seek the opinions of my lecturers before taking my research further.
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part IV
Part IV: The Wall
31st October 2018
As I sit in the library making my way through the reading material I have gathered thus far, I hit the wall. Not literally of course, but I find myself overwhelmed by the enormity of my task.
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part III
“[T]he invention of madness as a disease is in fact nothing less than a peculiar disease of our civilization.” (David Cooper’s Introduction to Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault)
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: Part II
Part II:
11th October 2018
Wondering through the University of Chester library I remember a book that was recommended to me last year. The book in question is Madness and Civilization by Michel Foucault. On my search for information on hysteria this seems a fairly reasonable place to start.
“Curiouser and Curiouser”: An Exploration of Research
“Curiouser and Curiouser” is a new short series of blog posts exploring the wonders and frustrations of academic research. I have recently begun my Masters’ degree and that means the research for my dissertation has also started. I do hope you enjoy this series and find it somewhat useful for research projects of your own.
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Lost in Translation: Das Unheimlich
I have found Freud’s theory of The Uncanny fascinating since studying it as part of my Bachelor’s degree. Having recently revisited Freud’s essay I posted the image included above on my Instagram with the caption: ‘Das heimlich und unheimlich’. Instagram’s translation tool provided the following translation: ‘The scary and the creepy’. The page I photographed is the section of Freud’s essay in which he discusses he wide variety of meanings that are created through the many translations of the unheimlich into other languages.
Holly Royle 