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RE (VIEWING) THREE-DIMENSIONAL WORLD OF PAKISTAN’S FOLK THEATRE ARTIST IN SAEED’S FORGOTTEN FACES: A PSYCHOANALYTICAL CRITIQUE
Corresponding Author(s) : Amna Aziz
Humanities & Social Sciences Reviews,
Vol. 9 No. 3 (2021): May
Abstract
Purpose of the study: This study contextualizes within the border of psychoanalytical perspective specifically focusing on Freud's theory of personality and Lacan’s module of the psyche to evaluate an artist’s mental state that how his/her mental state fluctuates.
Methodology: Bali Jatti is taken as an exemplary character to project the reality of being an artist. This analysis presents her three-dimensional world, real, theatrical, and psychological, to represent the challenges she faces as she opts to embrace the life of folk theatre. It explores her psychological life and the chaos in which she spends the rest of her life. It probes into social taboos and stigmas that are associated with her life that makes her a stereotypical icon.
Main Findings: This research concludes that the psychological world of folk theatre Bali is under the hegemonic supremacy of the other two worlds, real and theatrical. This diligent inquiry leads the reader through a steady stream of events of Bali's life which is taken as an exemplary character to project the reality of being an artist.
Applications of this study: This study provides guidelines to academia and probes into an exploration of the novel concept of Pakistan folk theatre and its artist's three-dimensional world.
Novelty/Originality of this study: From a theoretical perspective, this study provides important insights into literature by exploring the most demanding skills in folk theatre artists and their three-dimensional world that formulates their destiny and takes their journey of life from glory to demise.
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- Bibi, A., Ashfaq, S., Ullah, Q. M. S., & Abbas, N. (2021). Ajoka theatre as an icon of liberal humanist values. Review of Education, Administration & LAW, 4(1), 279–286. https://doi.org/10.47067/real.v4i1.135 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47067/real.v4i1.135
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- Eagleton, T. (2011). Literary theory: An introduction. John Wiley & Sons.
- Freud, S. (1924). The passing of the Oedipus complex. International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 5, 419–424.
- Freud, S., & Bonaparte, P. M. (1954). The origins of psychoanalysis (Vol. 216). Imago London.
- Hall, C. S., Lindzey, G., & Campbell, J. B. (1957). Theories of personality. Wiley New York.
- Harris, S. (2004). ‘Dancing in the streets’: The aurillac festival of street theatre. Contemporary Theatre Review, 14(2), 57–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/1026716041000128665 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1026716041000128665
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- Lindzey, G. E., & Hall, C. S. (1965). Theories of personality: Primary sources and research.
- Liu, S. (2016). Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315641058 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315641058
- Malone, K. R., & Friedlander, S. R. (2000). SUNY series alternatives in psychology & Psychoanalysis and culture. The subject of Lacan: A Lacanian Reader for psychologist. State University.
- Mason, F. (2016). Historical dictionary of postmodernist literature and theater. Rowman & Littlefield.
- McLeod, S. (2008). Social identity theory.
- Mubarak, S. (2015). Dramatizing Power and Resistance: Images of Women in Pakistani and Indian Alternative Theater.
- Rashid, T. (2015). Theatre for community development: Street theatre as an agent of change in Punjab (Pakistan). India Quarterly, 71(4), 335–347. https://doi.org/10.1177/0974928415602604 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0974928415602604
- Reed, S. A. (2008). Through every mirror in the world: Lacan’s mirror stage as mutual reference in the works of Neil Gaiman and Tori Amos. ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies, 4(1).
- Saeed, F., & Wasti, M. (2011). Forgotten Faces: Daring Women of Pakistan’s Folk Theatre. National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage.
- Schopenhauer, A. (1942). Complete essays of Schopenhauer.
- Siegfried, W. (2014). The Formation and structure of the Human Psyche. Athene Noctua: Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, 2, 1–3.
- Sulloway, F. J. (1992). Freud, biologist of the mind: Beyond the psychoanalytic legend. Harvard University Press.
- Zaidi, S. (2010). Forgotten Faces: Book Review.
- McLeod, S. A. (2016). Id, ego and superego. Simply Psychology, 3, 1-4.
- Wang, J. (2020). An Analysis of Salieri in Amadeus from Freudian Personality Theory: Id, Ego, Superego. In 3rd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities (SOSHU 2020).
- Cherry, K. (2016). The Id, Ego and Superego: The Structural Model of Personality. About.com.
- Nobus, D. (2013). Jacques Lacan and the Freudian practice of psychoanalysis. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203130094 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203130094
- Westlake, E. J. (2017). World Theatre: The Basics. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315734729 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315734729
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Bibi, A., Ashfaq, S., Ullah, Q. M. S., & Abbas, N. (2021). Ajoka theatre as an icon of liberal humanist values. Review of Education, Administration & LAW, 4(1), 279–286. https://doi.org/10.47067/real.v4i1.135 DOI: https://doi.org/10.47067/real.v4i1.135
Dean, J., (1952). A quote by James Dean. [online] Goodreads.com. Available at: https://www.goodreads.co m/quotes/8709-being-an-actor-is-the-loneliest-thing-in-the-world.
Davis, C. B. (2007). Cultural evolution and performance genres: Memetics in theatre history and performance studies. Theatre Journal, 59 (4), 595–614. https://doi.org/10.1353/tj.2008.0021 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1353/tj.2008.0021
Eagleton, T. (2011). Literary theory: An introduction. John Wiley & Sons.
Freud, S. (1924). The passing of the Oedipus complex. International Journal of Psycho-Analysis, 5, 419–424.
Freud, S., & Bonaparte, P. M. (1954). The origins of psychoanalysis (Vol. 216). Imago London.
Hall, C. S., Lindzey, G., & Campbell, J. B. (1957). Theories of personality. Wiley New York.
Harris, S. (2004). ‘Dancing in the streets’: The aurillac festival of street theatre. Contemporary Theatre Review, 14(2), 57–71. https://doi.org/10.1080/1026716041000128665 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1080/1026716041000128665
Kamal, N. (2012). Book Review: Ode to the Theatrewallis. [online] Newsline. Available at: http://newsline magazine.com/book-review-ode-to-the-theatrewallis/.
Khan, F. (2006). A critical stage: the role of secular alternative theatre in Pakistan. Springer. https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400307 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1057/palgrave.fr.9400307
Lacan, J., Miller, J.-A. E., & Grigg, R. T. (1993). The seminar of Jacques Lacan, Book 3: The psychoses 1955–1956. Translation of the Seminar That Lacan Delivered to the Société Française de Psychoanalyse over the Course of the Academic Year 1955–1956.
Lindzey, G. E., & Hall, C. S. (1965). Theories of personality: Primary sources and research.
Liu, S. (2016). Routledge Handbook of Asian Theatre. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315641058 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315641058
Malone, K. R., & Friedlander, S. R. (2000). SUNY series alternatives in psychology & Psychoanalysis and culture. The subject of Lacan: A Lacanian Reader for psychologist. State University.
Mason, F. (2016). Historical dictionary of postmodernist literature and theater. Rowman & Littlefield.
McLeod, S. (2008). Social identity theory.
Mubarak, S. (2015). Dramatizing Power and Resistance: Images of Women in Pakistani and Indian Alternative Theater.
Rashid, T. (2015). Theatre for community development: Street theatre as an agent of change in Punjab (Pakistan). India Quarterly, 71(4), 335–347. https://doi.org/10.1177/0974928415602604 DOI: https://doi.org/10.1177/0974928415602604
Reed, S. A. (2008). Through every mirror in the world: Lacan’s mirror stage as mutual reference in the works of Neil Gaiman and Tori Amos. ImageTexT: Interdisciplinary Comics Studies, 4(1).
Saeed, F., & Wasti, M. (2011). Forgotten Faces: Daring Women of Pakistan’s Folk Theatre. National Institute of Folk and Traditional Heritage.
Schopenhauer, A. (1942). Complete essays of Schopenhauer.
Siegfried, W. (2014). The Formation and structure of the Human Psyche. Athene Noctua: Undergraduate Philosophy Journal, 2, 1–3.
Sulloway, F. J. (1992). Freud, biologist of the mind: Beyond the psychoanalytic legend. Harvard University Press.
Zaidi, S. (2010). Forgotten Faces: Book Review.
McLeod, S. A. (2016). Id, ego and superego. Simply Psychology, 3, 1-4.
Wang, J. (2020). An Analysis of Salieri in Amadeus from Freudian Personality Theory: Id, Ego, Superego. In 3rd International Conference on Interdisciplinary Social Sciences & Humanities (SOSHU 2020).
Cherry, K. (2016). The Id, Ego and Superego: The Structural Model of Personality. About.com.
Nobus, D. (2013). Jacques Lacan and the Freudian practice of psychoanalysis. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203130094 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9780203130094
Westlake, E. J. (2017). World Theatre: The Basics. Taylor & Francis. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315734729 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315734729
Jung, C. (2016). Psychological types. Routledge. https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315512334 DOI: https://doi.org/10.4324/9781315512334
NISAR, A. (2018). Koshur Pather: The Forgotten Folk Theatre. The Fountain Pen, 1(01), 56.