Creativity and Madness:Some Psychological Considerations onČechov’s The Black Monk and Ward no.6 and Ludwig II of Bavaria  

作　　者：Rosella Tomassoni Francesco Spilabotte Federico Valente 

机构地区：[1]Rosella Tomassoni,Francesco Spilabotte,Federico Valente Department of Human,Social and Health Sciences,University of Cassino and Southern Lazio,Cassino 03043,Italy [2]Francesco Spilabotte,Doctor of Pedagogical Sciences,Department of Human,Social and Health Sciences,University of Cassino and Southern Lazio,Cassino 03043,Italy [3]Federico Valente,Doctor of Foreign Languages and Literatures,Department of Human,Social and Health Sciences,University of Cassino and Southern Lazio,Cassino 03043,Italy

出　　处：《Journal of Literature and Art Studies》2022年第12期1217-1229,共13页文学与艺术研究（英文版）

摘　　要：The aim of this research is to identify the relationship between the concept of creativity and psychopathology.The characters depicted in the short stories by the Russian writer AntonČechov,Ward no.6 and The Black Monk,and the historical figure of King Ludwig II of Bavaria will be given particular consideration.This paper aims to show how inČechov’s characters Efymič,Dmitričand Kovrin,the concept of madness plays a negative function,as the protagonists of the abovenamed tales are unable to be creative.Their psychic discomfort leads to pathology by means of hallucinosis and events that,although they induce and promote a function of mental equilibrium in the individual,they do not lead to creativity.The latter constitutes a peculiar,fundamental and present aspect of Ludwig in the poetic,literary and artistic spheres,which specifically led to the realisation of his castles in Bavaria,products of his particular creativity and today admired by visitors from all over the world.

关 键 词：CREATIVITY Čechov PSYCHOPATHOLOGY literature Ludwig 

分 类 号：K95[历史地理—人文地理学]