GER 1791 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Sigmund Freud, Neurology, Gilles De Rais

• School: York University
• Department: German
• Course: GER 1791
• Professor: Diana Spokiene

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Introducing fairy tales to children at a young age has been a strategy used by many adults as a means to inform, educate, and/or entertain them. Fairy tales contain themes, symbols, and messages that are deeply layered in our perception of society, sexuality, and gender roles. Childre(cid:374) at this de(cid:448)elop(cid:373)e(cid:374)tal stage are per(cid:272)ei(cid:448)ed as (cid:862)(cid:272)og(cid:374)iti(cid:448)e alie(cid:374)s(cid:863) Children grow interest in themselves and fairy tales help them analyze questions that they have. Pare(cid:374)ts tr(cid:455) to e(cid:454)pose their (cid:272)hildre(cid:374) to the (cid:858)su(cid:374)(cid:374)(cid:455) i(cid:373)ages(cid:859) of stories, (cid:449)he(cid:374) that(cid:859)s (cid:374)ot reall(cid:455) true. Fairy tales offer new di(cid:373)e(cid:374)sio(cid:374)s to the (cid:272)hild(cid:859)s i(cid:373)agi(cid:374)atio(cid:374) The form and structure of fairy tales suggest images to the child by which he/she can structure his daydreams and with them give better directions to his/her life. In childhood the unconscious is a powerful determinant of behavior. The repression of unconscious leads to the severely crippled personality.