TY - JOUR TT - THE FORMATIVE EFFECT OF PAST ON THE PERCEPTION OF TIME AND SELFHOOD AU - Arslanoğlu, Arsev Ayşen PY - 2012 DA - December JF - Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Edebiyat Fakültesi Dergisi PB - Dokuz Eylul University WT - DergiPark SN - 2147-4958 SP - 1 EP - 11 VL - 1 IS - 2 KW - Eugene O’Neill KW - Mourning Becomes Electra KW - nesne ilişkileri KW - zaman KW - kendilik oluşumu N2 - No matter which school is taken into consideration, the relation between time and selfhood has always been one of the major problematic issues in the psychoanalytic field. That the perception of time shapes the individual’s present and, therefore, future increases the formative effect of time on selfhood. It has become inevitable to see the reflections of this problematic taking considerable attention in the psychoanalytic field on literary works and many authors have focused on the conflict between self and time. In this study, the formative effect of time on the present and future of the individuals is discussed within the perspective of object relations school by focusing on Eugene O’Neill’s trilogy, Mourning Becomes Electra, and it is argued that the perception of time and objects is the most significant factors in the formation of self UR - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/pub/deuefad/issue//388234 L1 - https://dergipark.org.tr/en/download/article-file/416716 ER -