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The Psychoanalytic Perspective of the Main Characters in the American TV Series Friends
ZHAO Mao-jin, CHANG Sha
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DOI:10.17265/2159-5836/2023.03.012
National University of Defense and Technology, Changsha, Hunan, China
As a recognized classic of American TV series, “Friends” tells the complex story of friendship, love between six distinctive American young people. Different family backgrounds and childhood experiences presented in TV dramas take account for their difference in traits. Through the theoretical concept of psychoanalytic literature, this article attempts to reveal how the specific influence and manifestation of the family situation and parental behavior have on the character and behavior of the protagonist, as well as to further analyze how the trauma suffered in childhood functions in adult behavior. As adults, their behavior and habits are still constrained and influenced by their childhood experiences.
psychoanalytical theory, childhood, family background, friends
Journal of Literature and Art Studies, March 2023, Vol. 13, No. 3, 210-214