A Psychoanalytical Interpretation of Ying-ying’s Contradiction

This study investigates Yuan Zhen’s “The Story of Ying-ying” (“Yingying Zhuan”) by means of Sigmund Freud’s psychoanalysis. From a psychoanalytic perspective, Ying ying faces internal struggles between the ego and the id caused by her superego-this leads to her inconsistent behaviours. This contradi...

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Main Authors: Qu, Jingyi, Tay, Qin Xuan
Other Authors: School of Humanities and Social Sciences
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: 2016
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Online Access:https://hdl.handle.net/10356/84040
http://hdl.handle.net/10220/41515
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Institution: Nanyang Technological University
Language: English