摘要：瑞典80后作家弗雷德里克·巴克曼创作的小说《一个叫欧维的男人》讲述了一个59岁的脾气古怪的瑞典男人欧维丧妻六个月后发生的一系列寻死的故事。作家在小说中通过描写欧维从多次轻生未果，到最后放下执念重新生活，丰满了欧维的人物形象，并揭开欧维脾性面纱下的温柔幽默的灵魂。本文试图运用弗洛伊德的精神分析理论，从本我，自我和超我三个人格结构角度来分析欧维从一心寻死到最后释怀的精神隔离到心理升华的转变，以及转变背后的个人与社会认同原因，来关注欧维的精神世界。

关键词：《一个叫欧维的男人》；弗洛伊德精神分析理论；人格结构；防御机制；

Contents

摘要

Abstract

Chapter One Introduction1

1.1 Brief Introduction to Fredrik Backman1

1.2 Brief Introduction to A Man Called Ove1

1.3 Research Significance and Research Purpose 2

1.4 Thesis Structure2

Chapter Two Literature Review4

2.1 Studies of A Man Called Ove Abroad4

2.2 Studies of A Man Called Ove at Home5

2.3 Summary 6

Chapter Three Theoretical Framework7

3.1 Personality Structure : the Id, the Ego and the Superego7

3.2 Defense Mechanisms : Isolation Mechanism, Sublimation Mechanism and Identification Mechanism8

3.3 Summary9

Chapter Four The Analysis of the Changes of Ove from Being Suicidal to Optimistic10

4.1 Ove’s Struggle and Improvement in Balancing the Id, the Ego and the Superego on His Wife’s Death10

4.2 Ove’s Shift from Isolation Mechanism to Sublimation Mechanism Towards Life after His Wife’s Death13

4.3 Summary15

Chapter Five The Analysis of the Reasons of Ove’s Development from Being Suicidal to Optimistic16

5.1 Ove’s Self-Influence by Means of Sublimation Mechanism 16

5.2 Influence from Ove’s Neighbors and the Society by Means of Identification Mechanism18

5.3 Summary20

Chapter Six Conclusion21

6.1 Major Findings21

6.2 Limitations21

6.3 Suggestions for Future Study22

References23

Acknowledgements