Published August 9, 2024 | Version v1
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The Dynamic Impact of madness in Literature (From Shakespearean to Modern Era)

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The main emphasis is formed on the
thought of "madness" in literature. The
plan to define "literature" presents
parallel uncertainties while trying to
define "madness". Madness is not initially
a fact, but a judgment. It is historically
and culturally predetermined. The study
explores the process of meaning-making
by people experiencing mental ' disorders
as it is influenced by the context of their
environment, available cultural
explanations, and the nature of their
mental states at that time. It is proposed
that folks experiencing psychological
trauma plan to regain a way of order by
imposing a narrative structure on these
disconcerting experiences. Madness has
been a continuous theme in Western
literature from its beginnings to the
present time. Evidence indicates,
moreover, that human beings were
preoccupied with extreme forms of mental
and psychic experiences long before they
recorded them in literature. Myths and
legends appearing in homer, the bible, and
ancient Greek drama contain primordial
symbolization of delusion, mania, and
another bizarre form of thought and
behavior. The mad protagonist generally
inhabits the familiar world of civilized
people, although in his madness he may
get back the savage environment and
condition of the normal ferial man. This
work doesn't provide a quick overview of
madness and literature in a
chronologically ordered fashion. The work
doesn't question the writer's psychological
state and its reflection in their works.
Neither does an inquiry for a scientific
definition of social reality appear to be of
major concern.

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