A Homeless Concept.
An essay about the uncanny.
 

 
Table of Contents
Introduction 3
The Origin
Definition: Unheimliche 4
Freud’s point of view 5
The Analysis
The works of Emily Stainer 6
The works of Penny Siopis 8
Conclusion 10
Works cited 11

 
Introduction

This essay is an attempt to interpret the aesthetic phenomenon of uncanniness. Things, people, impressions, events and situations which are able to arouse in us a special variety of the fearful; the uncanny (Strachey, 1925). A mythological fiend skulking in our subconscious minds. Das Unheimliche is an Essay written by Sigmund Freud in 1919 in which he approaches the uncanny from various interesting angles.

But as this is an essay about uncanniness in art, I will only explore the theories that are applicable. I will firstly and thoroughly define the term “uncanny”, then review......

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Title: A Homeless Concept
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Approximate Pages: 9 (250 words per double-spaced page)

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