TY - JOUR
TI - Le donjuanisme : une addiction ? Portraits de Don Juan en prédateur sexuel, sex addict ou obsessionnel compulsif
AU - Gournay, Aurélia
TI - Le donjuanisme : une addiction ? Portraits de Don Juan en prédateur sexuel, sex addict ou obsessionnel compulsif
AB - Can Don Juan be seen as a sex addict ? In the twentieth century, authors and critics have tried to understand the inconstancy of the hero and multiply hypotheses to explain his inability to experience true love. The advances of the psychoanalysis and the psychopathology renew the perception of the myth and enrich the psychology of the character as these analyses have inspired the writers who integrate them within their works of fiction. Repressed impotence, latent homosexuality, badly overcome OEdipus complex… Such are a few of many attractive hypotheses to explain the famous « catalogue » of seduced women. Behind this reflection on addiction, the question of Don Juan’s ageing also arises. By allowing the access to the psychology of the hero, novelists also consider Don Juan from the angle of perversion and give us an opportunity to understand a pathological conscience.
VL - 2015
IS - Numéro 7 Addictions
PY - 2015
SN - 2300-4681
C1 - 2353-8953
SP - 9
EP - 24
DO - 10.4467/23538953CE.15.001.3631
UR - https://ejournals.eu/en/journal/cahiers-erta/article/le-donjuanisme-une-addiction-portraits-de-don-juan-en-predateur-sexuel-sex-addict-ou-obsessionnel-compulsif
KW - Don Juan
KW - addiction
KW - perversion
KW - licenciousness
KW - psychoanalysis