Treatment of Sex as Life Instinct in Marquez's Novel Memories of My Melancholy Whores

dc.contributor.authorGautam, Uddhav
dc.date.accessioned2024-02-12T04:38:16Z
dc.date.available2024-02-12T04:38:16Z
dc.date.issued2008
dc.description.abstractMarquez's Memories of My Melancholy Whores unearths the vitality of sex in human life viewing it as an important ingredient of life. The unnamed narrator of the novel is ninety years old, yet active and energetic in sexual intercourse. His active and rather comfortable life is the effect of his sexual adventures throughout his life. Sex makes him creative and enthusiastic by freeing him from the traumatic situation caused by the repression of sexual desires. His writings at the newspaper make him evergreen lover at the age of ninety. Everyone likes his column, and he becomes a celebrity at once. Therefore, his creativity is the cause of his fulfillment of repressed desires.en_US
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/21910
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherDepartment of Englishen_US
dc.subjectLife instincten_US
dc.subjectSexual desiresen_US
dc.titleTreatment of Sex as Life Instinct in Marquez's Novel Memories of My Melancholy Whoresen_US
dc.typeThesisen_US
local.academic.levelMastersen_US
local.institute.titleCentral Department of Englishen_US

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