Fragmentation and narcissism in

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............................................................................................................... iv LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS ....................................................................................... viii CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION .................................................................................. 1 1.1 Background and motivation ........................................................................... 1 1.2 Literature review: Lacan’s mirror stage theory and the imaginary ................. 6 1.3 Definition of key terms ................................................................................. 12 1.4 Research question ...................................................................................... 15 1.5 Research aims ............................................................................................ 15 1.6 Research methods ...................................................................................... 15 1.7 Chapter outline ............................................................................................ 18 1.8 Research question ...................................................................................... 19 1.9 Research aims ............................................................................................ 19 1.10 Research methods ................................................................................... 19 1.11 Chapter outline......................................................................................... 22 CHAPTER TWO: THE MIRROR STAGE ................................................................. 23 2.1 Sigmund Freud’s development of the concepts of psychical fragmentation and narcissism ............................................................................................................. 23 2.2 Lacan’s development of the mirror stage theory ......................................... 27