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

dc.contributor.author	Gautam, Uddhav
dc.date.accessioned	2024-02-12T04:38:16Z
dc.date.available	2024-02-12T04:38:16Z
dc.date.issued	2008
dc.description.abstract	Marquez'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.uri	https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.14540/21910
dc.language.iso	en_US	en_US
dc.publisher	Department of English	en_US
dc.subject	Life instinct	en_US
dc.subject	Sexual desires	en_US
dc.title	Treatment of Sex as Life Instinct in Marquez's Novel Memories of My Melancholy Whores	en_US
dc.type	Thesis	en_US
local.academic.level	Masters	en_US
local.institute.title	Central Department of English	en_US

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