LITERATURE 1 : The Mind and the Act: A Representation of the Freudian Tripartite Model in Festus Iyayi’s Violence and Alex la Guma’s A Walk in the Night
Journal of Literature, Languages and Linguistics www.iiste.org ISSN 2422-8435 An International Peer-reviewed Journal Vol.28, 2016
The Mind and the Act: A Representation of the Freudian Tripartite Model in Festus Iyayi’s Violence and Alex la Guma’s A Walk in the Night
Idorenyin V. Williams Department of English, University of Uyo, Uyo, P.M.B. 1017, Akwa Ibom State, Nigeria.Review :
This study focuses on the Freudian concept of the tripartite mind as the basis for all human actions or inactions. The human personality is the outcome of the drama acted out in the mind. This is to say that the outcome of every human being is a manifestation of how mental forces interact. The character of a man is dependent upon which part of his mind dominates and triggers the outcome of his actions. To Sigmund Freud, the mind is in constant conflict within itself and also the cause of every anxiety, unhappiness as well as happiness of man. Based on this research, it can be proven to some extent that the theory accurately describes the working of the human mind and explains the outcome of every human being as being first played out in the mind, owing to the conflict between the component parts of the mind as seen in characters in Iyayi’s Violence and Alex La Guma’s A Walk in the Night. It should be however, noted that both authors apply this technique to develop the themes in their respective novels, such as, theme of violence, oppression, victimization, exploitation, etc as reflected in both works. They achieve this by delving into the minds of the characters and bringing to the fore their deepest fears, desires, tension, anxiety, anger and nursed guilt.
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