Parapraxis

Literary/ Cultural Context Note

Litencyc Editors (Independent Scholar - Europe)
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One of Freud’s popular legacies is the phrase “a Freudian slip”, an instance where someone says or writes something that gives away what they are “really thinking’”, or when someone cannot remember something which they should be readily able to recall. An oft-told example is the story of the young university lecturer who invites her doctoral supervisor, a very eminent psychoanalyst, to give a guest lecture in the department where she has taken her first job. At the end of the distinguished lecture, the junior colleague stands up and says “I’d like to spank the speaker”, betraying some repressed frustration, or possibly unconscious sado-masochistic desire. Such slips are not confined to verbal slips; the party guest who accidentally spills red wine on the invaluable…

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Citation: Editors, Litencyc. "Parapraxis". The Literary Encyclopedia. First published 25 October 2005 [https://www.litencyc.com/php/stopics.php?rec=true&UID=817, accessed 19 March 2024.]

817 Parapraxis 2 Historical context notes are intended to give basic and preliminary information on a topic. In some cases they will be expanded into longer entries as the Literary Encyclopedia evolves.

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