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The Melancholia, Guilt and Denial Of Jennette Mccurdy in Her Memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died

Jennette Mccurdy'nin Anılarında Melankoli, Suçluluk ve İnkâr: I'm Glad My Mom Died

Manar M. R. Rayyan(Karabuk University)0009-0005-2987-9746
Kanan Aghasiyev(KARABUK UNIVERSITY, FACULTY OF LETTERS)0009-0001-3969-1879
Pages
173–188
Publication Date
2025-01-31
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Throughout her memoir, Freud's ideas are clearly seen as having shaped her identity, psyche, and adolescence.

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Objective & Hypothesis:One of the methods frequently employed to comprehend literary works is the psychological approach.
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One of the methods frequently employed to comprehend literary works is the psychological approach. Sigmund Freud, who is acclaimed as the father of psychology and as one of the most important psychologists in the 20th century, established psychoanalysis. Freud’s concepts of melancholia and mourning, guilt and denial are some of the most profound notions in psychology that are studied thoroughly. This paper is an attempt to explore these notions and their main features. Jennette McCurdy’s debut work is an ideal work that touches on such psychological ideas, making it a perfect literary piece to study those concepts. This paper deals with her memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died, as it captures her grief, loss, denial and guilt in an intensified vivid detail. By the end of the paper, it is evident that Jennette's depiction of her childhood as a child actress assists the reader in understanding the psychological challenges she faced, particularly in regard to her relationship with her mother. Throughout her memoir, Freud's ideas are clearly seen as having shaped her identity, psyche, and adolescence.

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Edebî eserleri anlamada sıkça kullanılan yöntemlerden biri psikolojik yaklaşımdır. Psikolojinin babası olarak kabul edilen ve 20. yüzyılın en önemli psikologlarından biri olan Sigmund Freud, psikanalizi kurmuştur. Freud’un melankoli ve yas, suçluluk ve inkâr kavramları, psikolojide kapsamlı bir şekilde incelenen en derin kavramlardan bazılarıdır. Jennette McCurdy’nin ilk eseri, bu tür psikolojik fikirleri ele alan ideal bir çalışmadır ve bu kavramları incelemek için mükemmel bir edebî parçadır. Bu makale, McCurdy’nin “I’m Glad My Mom Died” adlı anı kitabını ele alır ve kitabında yas, kayıp, inkâr ve suçluluğu yoğun ve canlı ayrıntılarla ele almasını inceler. Makalenin sonunda, Jennette’in çocuk oyuncu olarak yaşadığı çocukluk döneminin tasviri, okuyucunun özellikle annesiyle olan ilişkisi bağlamında karşılaştığı psikolojik zorlukları anlamasına yardımcı olur. Anı kitabı boyunca Freud’un fikirlerinin kimliğini, ruhunu ve ergenliğini şekillendirdiği açıkça görülmektedir.

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Rayyan, M. M. R., Aghasiyev, K. (2025). The Melancholia, Guilt and Denial Of Jennette Mccurdy in Her Memoir I’m Glad My Mom Died. AKRA Kültür Sanat ve Edebiyat Dergisi, Cilt: 13 Sayı: 35, 173–188. https://doi.org/10.31126/akrajournal.1530033

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