The phenomenology of the unconscious in the work of Machado de Assis

Authors

  • Savio Passafaro Peres Universidade Estadual Paulista Julio de Mesquita Filho, Departamento de Psicologia Social e Educacional. Assis

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-656420170070

Keywords:

unconscious, Machado de Assis, history of psychology in Brazil, phenomenological psychology

Abstract

In this article we seek, firstly, to elucidate how Machado de Assis developed the conception of the unconscious in the novel Helena (1876) and in the short story Uma senhora (1883). Secondly, we examine how his conception of unconscious can be elucidated phenomenologically, from the relation between reflective and pre-reflective awareness. In these narratives, Machado reveals how certain emotions, although not reflectively apprehended by the subject who lives them, manifest indirectly in actions, in body expressions and in the understanding of the world.

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Published

2018-10-08

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Original Articles

How to Cite

The phenomenology of the unconscious in the work of Machado de Assis. (2018). Psicologia USP, 29(2), 294-302. https://doi.org/10.1590/0103-656420170070