Freud’s focus on repressed desires and childhood trauma, Jung’s exploration of archetypes and the collective unconscious, and Lacan’s emphasis on the role of language and three registers in shaping identity all offer distinct yet complementary views of the unconscious. This overview attempts to enrich our understanding towards psychoanalytic literary criticism and how literature reflects the complexities of the human condition.
The contemporary Japanese author Haruki Murakami`s novels, incl ...