O Complexo De Édipo Em Freud E Melanie Klein

Abstract

Bearing in mind that the Oedipus complex is a fundamental concept in psychoanalytic thinking, as the notions of development, the development of human and psychic sexuality are tied to it. The present work aims to investigate the construction of the oedipal notion in the works of Freud and Klein. How did Freud conceive the basic principle from Sophocles' poetic narrative? What are Klein's contributions to the oedipal phenomenon? the convergences and divergences between the authors? We propose to answer these questions through a bibliographic research. We present the Oedipus complex in chronological order in the following basically Freudian texts; Pre-psychoanalytic publications (1886-1899/1996); Interpretation of Dreams (1900); Three essays (1905); Analysis of the phobia of a five-year-old boy (Little Hans), 1909; Totem and Taboo (1913); I and I (1923), The Prison of the Oedipus Complex (1924); On Female Sexuality (1931). Then, we discuss the Kleinian work using the following articles: Early stages of the O edipal conflict (1928), The Oedipus complex and maximum sadism (1932), A contribution to the psychogenesis of manic-depressive states (1935), Mourning and its relations with the manic-depressive state (1940), The Oedipus complex in the light of archaic anxieties (1945). Finally, we emphasize common points and disagreements among psychoanalysts about the Oedipus complex.