PERSONALITY DISORDERS AND INTERMEDIALITY IN SEBASTIAN FITZEK'S NOVEL "THERAPY" AND ITS SERIES ADAPTATION

Project no. 32984 · Status: Kapanmış (Yayın bekleniyor) · 2025

Summary

<p class="ql-align-justify"><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">As&nbsp;emotional&nbsp;and&nbsp;sensory&nbsp;beings,&nbsp;many&nbsp;experiences&nbsp;in&nbsp;human&nbsp;life&nbsp;play&nbsp;a&nbsp;decisive&nbsp;role&nbsp;in&nbsp;shaping&nbsp;their&nbsp;psychology.&nbsp;In&nbsp;this&nbsp;regard,&nbsp;the&nbsp;science&nbsp;of&nbsp;psychology&nbsp;plays&nbsp;a&nbsp;significant&nbsp;role&nbsp;in&nbsp;understanding&nbsp;and&nbsp;treating&nbsp;the&nbsp;negative&nbsp;experiences&nbsp;people&nbsp;have&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;traumas&nbsp;or&nbsp;personality&nbsp;disorders&nbsp;they&nbsp;create.&nbsp;Literary&nbsp;works&nbsp;and&nbsp;other&nbsp;media&nbsp;outlets&nbsp;that&nbsp;address&nbsp;psychological&nbsp;traumas&nbsp;and&nbsp;personality&nbsp;disorders,&nbsp;much&nbsp;like&nbsp;dreams&nbsp;where&nbsp;the&nbsp;subconscious&nbsp;is&nbsp;revealed,&nbsp;offer&nbsp;areas&nbsp;of&nbsp;research&nbsp;for&nbsp;understanding&nbsp;the&nbsp;human&nbsp;psyche.&nbsp;Studies&nbsp;on&nbsp;personality&nbsp;disorders&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;field&nbsp;of&nbsp;comparing&nbsp;literary&nbsp;works&nbsp;and&nbsp;their&nbsp;media&nbsp;adaptations&nbsp;are&nbsp;limited.&nbsp;The&nbsp;aim&nbsp;of&nbsp;this&nbsp;research&nbsp;project&nbsp;is&nbsp;to&nbsp;identify&nbsp;personality&nbsp;disorders&nbsp;and&nbsp;their&nbsp;causes&nbsp;in&nbsp;Sebastian&nbsp;Fitzek's&nbsp;novel&nbsp;“Therapy”&nbsp;and&nbsp;its&nbsp;series&nbsp;adaptation,&nbsp;within&nbsp;the&nbsp;framework&nbsp;of&nbsp;intermediality&nbsp;theory.&nbsp;The&nbsp;project&nbsp;found&nbsp;that&nbsp;the&nbsp;character&nbsp;Viktor&nbsp;Larenz&nbsp;in&nbsp;both&nbsp;“Therapy”&nbsp;and&nbsp;its&nbsp;series&nbsp;adaptation&nbsp;exhibits&nbsp;personality&nbsp;disorders&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;schizophrenia&nbsp;and,&nbsp;by&nbsp;extension,&nbsp;Munchhausen&nbsp;by&nbsp;Proxy&nbsp;syndrome&nbsp;(MBPS).&nbsp;From&nbsp;an&nbsp;intermedial&nbsp;perspective,&nbsp;it&nbsp;is&nbsp;observed&nbsp;that&nbsp;these&nbsp;personality&nbsp;disorders&nbsp;are&nbsp;depicted&nbsp;in&nbsp;different&nbsp;ways&nbsp;in&nbsp;the&nbsp;novel&nbsp;and&nbsp;the&nbsp;series&nbsp;adaptation,&nbsp;in&nbsp;accordance&nbsp;with&nbsp;the&nbsp;spirit&nbsp;of&nbsp;the&nbsp;media&nbsp;outlets.&nbsp;In&nbsp;both&nbsp;cases,&nbsp;schizophrenia&nbsp;and&nbsp;Munchhausen&nbsp;syndrome&nbsp;by&nbsp;proxy&nbsp;appear&nbsp;to&nbsp;be&nbsp;linked&nbsp;to&nbsp;Larenz's&nbsp;fear&nbsp;of&nbsp;losing&nbsp;close&nbsp;family&nbsp;members,&nbsp;such&nbsp;as&nbsp;her&nbsp;daughter&nbsp;and&nbsp;mother.&nbsp;These&nbsp;findings&nbsp;highlight&nbsp;the&nbsp;importance&nbsp;of&nbsp;comparative&nbsp;studies&nbsp;within&nbsp;literary&nbsp;scholarship,&nbsp;based&nbsp;on&nbsp;intermediality,&nbsp;in&nbsp;uncovering&nbsp;and&nbsp;evaluating&nbsp;the&nbsp;causes&nbsp;of&nbsp;psychological&nbsp;disorders&nbsp;from&nbsp;different&nbsp;perspectives,&nbsp;as&nbsp;well&nbsp;as&nbsp;the&nbsp;educational&nbsp;role&nbsp;of&nbsp;literature,&nbsp;media,&nbsp;and&nbsp;art&nbsp;in&nbsp;general&nbsp;in&nbsp;understanding&nbsp;these&nbsp;disorders&nbsp;in&nbsp;everyday&nbsp;life.</span></p><p class="ql-align-justify"><strong style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">Keywords:</strong><span style="color: rgb(0, 0, 0);">&nbsp;Therapy,&nbsp;Schizophrenia,&nbsp;Munchhausen&nbsp;Syndrome&nbsp;by&nbsp;Proxy,&nbsp;Intermediality</span></p><p></p>

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