Marla, Freud och Tolkien

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This paper connects the reading biblical narrative about women with the experience of viewing David Fincher's film Fight Club. To do so first requires understanding Marla Singer, the primary female character in Fight Club, as the linchpin in a Freudian psychodrama. Using Freud as a guide allows for an exploration of what this film says about the formation of male identity while also providing space for reflection on how the production of maleness simultaneously generates religious systems or religiously-oriented norms. Within this interpretive framework, comparison of Marla's position and function to that of women in biblical narrative and feminist reading of such reveals some striking similarities.

Sandie Gravett: Marla, Frued, Religion, and Manhood. An Interpretation of David Fincher's Fight Club

Abstract
According to Tolkien, the profound significance of fantasy literature cannot translate to drama. After determining the three main aspects of Tolkien's books - archetypal characters, eucatastrophe, and myth-creation - one wonders with the late master of fairy stories whether cinematic adaptation of The Lord of The Rings necessarily obscures the original medium's religious value. Nevertheless, once we consider the influence film has upon a culture's imagination, the translation process seems possible. Over time, the film adaptation can perpetuate a shared myth and encourage audiences to transcend the cinematic images, allowing them to contemplate the archetypes and eucatastrophe of the original written version.