The document discusses Sigmund Freud's concept of "the uncanny" from his 1919 essay. [1] Freud defined the uncanny as something familiar that has been repressed and has now returned in an unfamiliar way, triggering feelings of fear and dread. [2] Literature often uses uncanny elements like déjà vu or familiar objects in unfamiliar contexts to unsettling effects. [3] The uncanny arises from things that should have remained secret and hidden but have come to light, confusing what is familiar with what is unfamiliar.

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2. The Uncanny Mandy Kompanowski Sam Smelter Alexa Cussick

3. WHAT IS “UNCANNY” ?

4. According to Freud’s TheUncanny… “Belongs to all that is terrible- to all that arouses dread and creeping horror… the word is not always used in a clearly definable sense, so that it tends to coincide with whatever excites dread” Ghosts Déjà Vu Death Drive Madness Telepathy Darkness Strangelyfamiliar

5. Quote from Freud’s The Uncanny Either we can find out what meaning has come to be attached to the word “uncanny” in the course of its history; or we can collect all those properties of persons, things, sensations, experiences and situations which arouse in us the feeling of uncanniness, and then infer the unknown nature of the uncanny from what they all have in common. I will say at once that both courses lead to the same result: the “uncanny” is that class of the terrifying which leads back to something long known to us, once very familiar.

6. History Ernst Jentsch 1906 in an Essay Psychology of the Uncanny Intellectual uncertainty Sigmund Freud 1919 essay Coincidental repetition Familiar but not at the same time

7. It is familiar because it is repressed in our unconscious or the id. It is unfamiliar because we are repressing it. Ex: abused as a child, then when something that happens in present life triggers the memory In Tangled, Rapunzel sees herself as a baby in a mosaic, it seems familiar to her, but she can not put her thumb on it, as where she has seen it before.

8. How This is Seen in Literature It has been used as a literary device for years It is used to create an atmosphere of uncertainty for the readers while reading the story. Sand-man by E. T. Hoffman 1816 Character is constantly trying to repress his thoughts of his childhood experience by Coppelius. Familiar yet unfamiliar events remind him of the horrible experience and result in driving him to his death

9. Overview The uncanny is hard to define It triggers the cognitive dissonance, meaning you are attracted yet disgusted at the same time It results in one rejecting instead of trying to find out what the unfamiliar situation is from Most people try to give examples instead of a exact definition like on the first slide déjà vu and reoccurring themes that trigger our desires and fears.

10. Uncanny Illustrations David Benjamin Sherry

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12. Victor Castillo

13. Todd Schorr: American Surreal http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=euhD7zi-nhw&feature=player_embedded#at=14 Familiar faces: Looney Tunes, Mickey Mouse, Poppey, Tony the Tiger Familiar faces that normally remind us of our happy childhoods, but not in this movie; an unfamiliar setting.

14. Works Cited http://homepage.mac.com/allanmcnyc/textpdfs/freud1.pdf http://books.google.es/books?id=XkvSWxjrMN8C&printsec=frontcover&dq=The+UnCanny&source=bl&ots=_L3qg7wA3C&sig=94N5yOXvHrumJ51jPIa5pppL8aY&hl=en&ei=zw16TeLuDMOxhQeH6JDeBg&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=11&sqi=2&ved=0CIABEOgBMAo#v=onepage&q&f=false http://www.trendhunter.com/slideshow/uncanny-illustrations#13

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