LITERATURE QUESTIONS
LITERARY THEORY AND CRITICISM
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Question
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In what way does Julia Kristeva build on Jacques Lacan’s theory of psychosexual development?
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Kristeva wholly rejects Lacan’s theory of psychosexual development.
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Kristeva centralizes the maternal and the feminine in her revisions of Lacan’s theory.
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Kristeva argues that the mirror stage does not occur until the individual embraces a distinct gender role.
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All of the above answers are correct.
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Explanation:
Detailed explanation-1: -The mirror stage, Lacan also hypothesized, shows that the Ego is the product of misunderstanding – Lacan’s term “méconnaissance” implies a false recognition. Additionally, the mirror stage is where the subject becomes alienated from itself, and thus is introduced into the Imaginary order.
Detailed explanation-2: -The mirror phase occurs roughly between the ages of six and 18 months and corresponds to Freud’s stage of primary narcissism. That is the stage of human development when the subject is in love with the image of themselves and their own bodies and which precedes the love of others.
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