Limbă, Literatură, Folclor

DOI: https://doi.org/10.52505/llf.2026.1.10

Abstract:

The article proposes a psychoanalytic reading of Maria Pilchin’s novel Doggy, focusing on the inner development of the main character, Andrei Mătăsaru. The narrative is examined through key concepts of psychoanalytic theory, particularly those formulated by Sigmund Freud and Melanie Klein. The analysis highlights the primitive defense mechanisms such as splitting, idealization, and projective identification, which shape the child’s perception of parental figures and of his own identity. Particular attention is given to the transition from the paranoid-schizoid position to the depressive position, as the character gradually integrates contradictory representations of self and others.

Keywords: splitting, idealization, projective identification, schizoid-paranoid position, depressive position, reality testing, screen memory.