Chichikov’s Obsession with Money and Prestige: The Search for Social Approval in the Context of Lacan’s “Big Other”
This study psychoanalyzes the character Pavel Ivanovich Chichikov in Nikolai Gogol’s novel Dead Souls (1842) within the context of Jacques Lacan’s concept of the “Big Other.” Chichikov’s obsession with money and social prestige can be interpreted not as an individual ambition, but rather as a manifestation of his attempt to seek the approval of the
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