@article{article_953375, title={INDIVIDUATION PROCESS AND SHADOW IN MURAKAMI HARUKI’S “DANCE DANCE DANCE”}, journal={Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi Sosyal Bilimler Enstitüsü Dergisi}, volume={23}, pages={1419–1438}, year={2021}, DOI={10.16953/deusosbil.953375}, author={Depci, Aytemis and Erkin, Hüseyin Can}, keywords={Gölge, Nesne küçük a, Murakami Haruki, Jung, Lacan, Çağdaş Japon Edebiyatı}, abstract={The aim of this study is to scrutinize the individuation process of Murakami Haruki’s protagonist, who feels a stark sense of loss and lack, in the novel Dance Dance Dance. The paper also focuses on “the other side” and death motifs that frequently emerge as the story goes. Sheep Man, Kiki and Gotanda represent the shadow of the protagonist. While Gotanda and Kiki have passed away to the world of the dead, the protagonist is able to reconnect with Sheep Man, by entering his room, which symbolizes the other side created by the protagonist’s unconsciousness. However, he prefers to be with Yumiyoshi in the real-world, instead of reuniting with his shadow and Kiki, his Lacanian desire object, belonging to his unconscious world. This study not only examines the protagonist’s search of “objet petit a” with Lacanian pscychoanalysis but also his strugle with his shadow during his individuation process with Jung’s shadow archetype as well as the persona archetype that emerge in the novel. This study contributes to Murakami Haruki studies to comprehend the inner self of the narrator, who experiences fragmentation utilizing both Lacanian psychoanalytic theory and Jungian psychoanalysis which provides a much more elaborate discussion on the unconscious functioning of the protagonist.}, number={4}, publisher={Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi}