http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/psychoanalysis Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:36:39 -0400 Thu, 06 Aug 2026 17:36:39 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1725/the-birth-of-the-creative-consciousness-childhood-spaces-memory-and-psychoanalytic-play-in-the-memoirs-of-vladimir-nabokov-and-virginia-woolf By Salman R. Patwary - I argue that the impression of this opening of consciousness for both Nabokov and Woolf, the moment that they realized they were sentient, alive, temporal beings in reality, represented a new birth, into a new creative cosmos, a birth into the realities that are available to everyone, but also others that are more hidden and subtle – the realities of the artist. Essentially, my argument is for this opening to happen to them in childhood left a deep impression, a branding and etching that allowed them to evolve into the artists that they became. Lastly, I argue that this opening of consciousness... Mon, 22 Jan 2018 08:51 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1725/the-birth-of-the-creative-consciousness-childhood-spaces-memory-and-psychoanalytic-play-in-the-memoirs-of-vladimir-nabokov-and-virginia-woolf http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/873/wordsworths-prescient-baby-conceptions-of-the-mother-infant-relationship-in-the-development-of-the-self-1790s-1890s By Emilia Halton-Hernandez - This dissertation explores late eighteenth and nineteenth century views of the mother-infant[1] relationship and how they reveal conceptions of the self. I investigate historical changes in the understanding of infantile development, primarily through British baby diaries and childcare advice literature. In two cases examine French authors whose work was translated into English and widely read by an Anglophone audience.[2] First I consider William Wordsworth’s model of infantile development in his 1799 poem The Prelude and briefly look at Locke and David Hartley’s theories of the intellectual... Sat, 22 Mar 2014 10:32 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/873/wordsworths-prescient-baby-conceptions-of-the-mother-infant-relationship-in-the-development-of-the-self-1790s-1890s http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/183/analyzing-reader-response-in-jd-salingers-the-laughing-man By Nicole Holmen - J.D. Salinger’s “The Laughing Man” is a classic frame story which displays the parallels between a storyteller and his real life.  The narrator of the story, along with his friends, acts as the “readers” of this story and respond psychologically to it, just as a reader of Salinger’s story will respond psychologically to the events presented to them.  This article will analyze “The Laughing Man” using psychological reader-response theory to discover the similarities between Salinger’s readers and his “readers” within the... Thu, 25 Feb 2010 08:58 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/183/analyzing-reader-response-in-jd-salingers-the-laughing-man http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/181/its-all-over-now-baby-blue-psychoanalyzing-connie-in-joyce-carol-oatess-where-are-you-going-where-have-you-been By Nicole Holmen - This habit of always needing to bolster the knowledge that she is beautiful is an indication that Connie is suffering from insecurity, or having an “unstable sense of self.” Lois Tyson describes this as “the inability to sustain a feeling of personal identity, to sustain a sense of knowing ourselves (Tyson 16). Connie’s description of her beauty being “everything” can be interpreted to mean that she would feel worthless without it, that she is nothing without her pretty face. This insecurity makes her completely vulnerable to the will of others, and is one of... Wed, 24 Feb 2010 08:45 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/181/its-all-over-now-baby-blue-psychoanalyzing-connie-in-joyce-carol-oatess-where-are-you-going-where-have-you-been http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/88/an-analysis-of-billy-wilders-double-indemnity By Katherine Blakeney - But what about Phyllis herself? Is she really an object or a human being, and to what extent does she attempt to “castrate” the male characters in the film? In her dealings with Walter she is always cool and collected. She has no conscience, no scruples, and hardly any feelings other than greed and frustration. Even her final admission that she is in love with him can be interpreted as a last attempt to save her own life rather than a glimmer of humanity. Presumably, if Walter is touched by her admission and lowers his gun, she can still turn on him and kill him. After all, she did... Mon, 14 Dec 2009 11:04 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/88/an-analysis-of-billy-wilders-double-indemnity