Reviews

Black Sun: Depression and Melancholia by Julia Kristeva

hi_marcy's review

4.0

I know she's technically one of the more accessible of the post-modernists, but reading through her stuff still feels like the literary equivalent taking acid. 

If anyone were to ever ask, I suppose I'm a little more equipped to talk about something like how Pee-Wee's Big Adventure and the struggle for the bike is Oedipal at heart (bike as mother that Pee-Wee wants only for himself, the always-busy Francis as the castrating father, Pee-Wee's reluctance to individuate, including by holding on to the bike). And seeing his bike on film as maybe allowing Pee-Wee to finally enter the world of signs/away from the semiotic, is what finally allows him to overcome the 'melancholia' of his state (finally grappling with necessary symbols of castration in the pet shop and, ultimately, hanging out with Dottie, like an adult/without going berserk)... *if* anyone were to ever ask. Maybe

rsmith0914's review

challenging dark medium-paced

3.0

squidjum's review

3.0

There were sections that resonated with me, and then there were sections that reminded me that I don't know a damn thing about psychoanalytic theory, and at those times I wasn't sure how much I was actually understanding of her argument. Perhaps I'll come back to it later, but there are also a bazillion books out there to he read, so who knows when 'later' will be?

motifenjoyer's review

4.0

loved this, def need to revisit to absorb everything though <3

fletchorama's review

Kristeva is one of those authors i read to re-read. Almost deserving of the term "pre-read"?

spideroptics's review against another edition

challenging informative slow-paced

4.0