Open AccessSEBASTIAN FAULKS’ HUMAN TRACES:A JOURNEY INTO THE DEPTHS OF THE HUMAN PSYCHE
Author(s) -
Essam Fattouh
Publication year - 2022
Publication title -
bau journal. society, culture and human behavior/bau journal. society, culture and human behavior
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 2789-8296
pISSN - 2663-9122
DOI - 10.54729/wlfu4758
Subject(s) - psyche , unconscious mind , formative assessment , human science , field (mathematics) , psychoanalysis , human dimension , george (robot) , dimension (graph theory) , human development (humanity) , sociology , frame (networking) , history , psychology , aesthetics , art , art history , social science , political science , law , human rights , computer science , telecommunications , pedagogy , mathematics , pure mathematics
Sebastian Faulk’s novel, Human Traces (2006), embarks on a new trend in contemporary English fiction. Through its representations of two main protagonists, pioneers in the field of psychology between the 1870s and 1918, Faulks traces the formative years of the development of the young discipline of psychiatry. Even though Faulks works in the realist traditions of Charles Dickens and George Eliot, yet he delves into such major questions as the role of unconscious motivations in human individual behaviour, the causes of mental illness, and the very attempt to understand the nature of the human being. The time frame of the novel expands from the portrayal of the struggles and relationships of a handful of individuals, to encompass the entire sweep of human evolution. Thus, Faulks in Human Traces introduces a radically new dimension in the development of the novel. This paper offers an attempt at evaluating the innovative thematic and technical achievement of a major work of modern fiction.