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This essay offers an in-depth analysis of the creative practice of the French contemporary artist Mathilde Rosier (b. 1973), focusing specifically on her video works from 2001 to 2010. Rosier produces drawings, paintings, videos, sculpture installations, theatrical performances,…

This study examines the unheimlich themes Freud defines in his essay "The 'Uncanny'" and asks if an unconscious presence of home links the tales in the Arabian Nights to the frame-story. If so, how is this curative? Previous scholarship tends to emphasize the spectacular and adv…

Dreams hold a particular interest in the minds of literary authors across recorded history. Long looked at as messages of prophecy or visions from the gods, it was not until the 20th century that dreams began to be studied for their psychological impact on the human brain. With …

This dissertation comprises a study of the concept of desire in the thought of Jacques Lacan. The project identifies and explains the philosophical implications of Lacanian “Erotology,” the logos of eros, the logic of desire, as it is developed in Lacan’s thinking, writing, and …