A Freudian Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Orlando

A Freudian Psychoanalytic Interpretation of Orlando

Hui Ding

Abstract   Virginia Woolf is a representative writer of stream of consciousness in British literature, and is known as the pioneer of modernism and feminism in the 20th century. Her book, Orlando: A Bio-graphy, is warmly welcomed by many readers for its novel subject matter and profound connotation. This novel tells the story of Orlando, who first experienced the failure in love and literary career, and then accidentally became a woman, resulting in the collapse of the spiritual world. Finally, through her unremitting efforts, she achieved androgynous and self-redemption, and became a poet who successfully won awards in modern times. Based on Freud's psychoanalysis theory as the theoretical basis, this paper analyzes Orlando from the perspectives of conscious and unconscious conflict, the co-existence of the ego, id, superego as well as life instinct and death instinct, and mainly explores Orlando's characteristics and psychological changes, as well as the inner world of the author, so as to excavate deep structure of this novel and help readers to understand the main idea and significance of the article.

Keywords   Orlando: A Biography, Freud, Psychoanalysis

弗洛伊德精神分析法解读《奥兰多》

丁晖

摘要：弗吉尼亚•伍尔芙是英国意识流文学的代表人物，被誉为二十世纪现代主义与女性主义的先锋。其著作《奥兰多：一部传记》题材新颖，内涵深刻，受到众多读者的喜爱。这部小说讲述了主人公奥兰多先是经历爱情失败，文学事业受挫，而后又意外变成女性，精神世界不断崩塌。最后，她通过不懈努力，实现了双性同体和自我救赎，在现代成为获奖诗人。本文以弗洛伊德精神分析学说为理论依据，从意识与无意识的冲突，自我、本我、超我的共存以及生的本能与死的本能三个角度切入，分析小说中主人公奥兰多的人物性格和心理变化，并探索作者创作时的内心世界，从而挖掘作品深层次结构脉络，帮助读者深刻理解文章主旨及其重要意义。

关键词：《奥兰多：一部传记》；弗洛伊德；精神分析