Grieving, Therapy, Cinema, and Kieslowski’s Trois Couleurs
Blanc
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 21203865 |
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| Authors | Joanna Dovalis, John Izod (0000-0001-5124-5698, University of Stirling) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 2 |
| Issue | 3 |
| Pages | 39-57 |
| Publication date | 2008-07-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Jung Journal (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1934-2039 • E-ISSN: 1934-2047 |
| Publisher | Informa UK Limited (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1525/jung.2008.2.3.39 |
| OpenAlex | W2084947688 |
| Language | EN |
| References cited | 3 |
This analysis of Kieslowski’s Trois Couleurs: Blanc prioritizes Winnicottian theory in accounting for the arrested development of the film’s tepid hero, Karol, and his recourse, in the interest of survival, to a false self. That aspect of the paper complements a Jungian examination of the collective significance of this chameleon figure. Trickster-like and alternating between unctuous ingratiation and bullish exuberance, he finds himself contributing to the massive socioeconomic changes sweeping through his native Poland. While the old, downtrodden peasant culture is ceding its rickety hegemonic authority to dubious commercial adventures, the nation teeters on the threshold of entry into a brash European Union. In the confusion, does Karol discover his true self
Adventure · Aesthetics · Art · Art history · Gossip · Hegemony · HERO · Humanities · Literature · Movie theater · Narcissism · Peasant · Political science · Psychoanalysis · Sociology · Trickster · Central European Literary Studies · Jungian Analytical Psychology · Law · Psychology · Religious Studies and Spiritual Practices
| Highly cited | No |
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