Freud and the Representation of Psychoanalysis in Contemporary Literature and Cinema

In my thesis, I argue that the question of superiority and authority became more significant for Freud than making the correct diagnosis. His assumption was that some traumas are so deeply embedded in our mind that we do not even know what is at fault, we only sense the external signs. I took a look at the cinematic representation of mental illness. Furthermore, I briefly explored his relationship with literature. I also used Michel Foucault's Madness and Civilization. I compared two contemporary works that criticize Freud's psychoanalytic theory.BSc/BAAnglisztik