Greek Folktales and Psychoanalysis - A Dialogue

Greek Folktales and Psychoanalysis presents a dialogue between psychoanalysis and folktales from the Greek oral tradition, many of which have never before been published in English.

List of contents

1. The Folktale as Therapeutic Tool, Narrative, Creation and Healing 2. Feminine Rivalry Snow White and Cinderella Stories 3. Creating the Male Hero 4. Cupid and Psyche or The Search for the Lost Husband 5. The Realm of Mythical and Psychical Metamorphoses 6. From Myth to Folktale 7. The Representation of the Unthinkable 8. The Riddle Tale 9. Therapeutic Language in Folktales 10. Lying and Popular Fiction

About the author

Anna Angelopoulos is a psychoanalyst and anthropologist based in Paris, France. She has worked on and continues to oversee the Catalogue of Magic Greek Folktales, and she conducts a seminar entitled The Folktale and Psychoanalysis in collaboration with Sylvette Gendre-Dusuzeau. Anna Angelopoulos is a member of the Fédération des Ateliers de Psychanalyse and was its president from 2010 to 2014.

Summary

Greek Folktales and Psychoanalysis presents a dialogue between psychoanalysis and folktales from the Greek oral tradition, many of which have never before been published in English.

Product details

• Authors: Anna Angelopoulos
• Assisted by: Agnès Jacob (Translation)
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 17.12.2024
• EAN: 9781032674179
• ISBN: 978-1-0-3267417-9
• No. of pages: 272
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Folklore & Mythology, LITERARY CRITICISM / Semiotics & Theory, Psychotherapy, Folklore, myths & legends, Literary studies: general, Psychoanalytical and Freudian psychology, Literary theory, Psychoanalytical theory (Freudian psychology), Folklore studies / Study of myth (mythology), PSYCHOLOGY / Psychotherapy / Psychoanalysis, Greece;oral;fairytale;Grimm;Freud;psychoanalytic;historic