『The Great Gatsby』에 나타난 욕망과 대타자 담론

Desire and the other Discourse Represented in The Great Gatsby

This paper examines how The Great Gatsby is connected with the Ego discourse and the Other discourse in the meaning of psychoanalysis. This subject demands close investigation as below. First, I compare Gatsby s desire with object a in the meaning of psychoanalysis. Gatsby s love toward Daisy is connected with object a, that is, object a means the price of the loss. Incidentally, the baby is in paradise when he is born. But the paradise between Mother and Baby is lost in the Father’s Name. However, the baby gets object a as the price of loss. Then, human beings can live their life with a desire in their heart. Similarly, Gatsby gets object a when Daisy marries Tom. This helps him to save money, and he becomes a great and rich man. Finally, his desire toward Daisy makes him rich; however, it is just a fantasy. Even though it is just a fantasy, it is essential in a human being s life. Second, I describe the Ego discourse and the Other discourse in the meaning of psychoanalysis. The explanation helps readers to understand this paper easily. For a better understanding, I can say that the Ego discourse and the Other discourse indicate human beings consciousness and unconsciousness. Third, I closely analyze the text in consideration of the Ego discourse and the Other discourse. In the text, the major characters reveal their unconsciousness through normal words. In a broad sense, their unconsciousness is connected with a lost generation and America in the 1920s. Finally, everything in the text is connected with the Ego discourse and the Other discourse. Even though they hide in the text and under the words, they are surely revealed through the slip of the tongue and repetition, etc.