A Psychoanalysis of Holden in The Catcher in the Rye  

作　　者：孙韵婍 

机构地区：[1]对外经济贸易大学

出　　处：《校园英语》2017年第27期246-247,共2页English On Campus

摘　　要：The Catcher in the Rye, the only long novel of works written by American writer J.D. Salinger, was bestowed the title of one of classic literary works in 20th century. The novel vividly presents readers with a contradictory mental battle of the main character Holden Caulfield, as the representative of American teenagers that time, from being hatred of hypocrisy to pursuing purity,and eventually to coming back to the reality of society, thus it reveals the inner world of American teenagers featured with loneliness and hesitation after World War II. This dissertation uses Freud's psychoanalysis triple personality structure model as the theoretical framework for analysis of Holden's contradictory personalities,namely, Holden's id,ego,superego and to analyze the figure of Holden from the perspective of psychoanalysis in order for readers to have a better understanding of the structure of human personality,and finally to gain some reflection and thoughts for the growth of teenagers.The Catcher in the Rye, the only long novel of works written by American writer J.D. Salinger, was bestowed the title of one of classic literary works in 20 th century. The novel vividly presents readers with a contradictory mental battle of the main character Holden Caulfield, as the representative of American teenagers that time, from being hatred of hypocrisy to pursuing purity, and eventually to coming back to the reality of society, thus it reveals the inner world of American teenagers featured with loneliness and hesitation after World War II. This dissertation uses Freud’s psychoanalysis triple personality structure model as the theoretical framework for analysis of Holden’s contradictory personalities,namely, Holden’s id,ego,superego and to analyze the figure of Holden from the perspective of psychoanalysis in order for readers to have a better understanding of the structure of human personality,and finally to gain some reflection and thoughts for the growth of teenagers.

关 键 词：The Catcher in the RYE Holden Caulfield Sigmund FREUD TRIPLE PERSONALITY STRUCTURE model PSYCHOANALYSIS 

分 类 号：N02[自然科学总论—科学技术哲学]