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11 Jul 2010 04:51 pmCatching up on some missed lectures earlier this term...
One of the lecturers used the examples of Ragmar and William from Green Monkey Dreams as being a fictional portrayal of psychotic illnesssssssss noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.....................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sure that's not Carmody's full intention at all.
I don't know if it's appropriate to put psychiatric diagnoses on a story that's supposed to be half-fantasy. Yes...in psychiatric terms it would be a strong case of delusions, particularly with William who insisted that Ragmar was a reincarnated queen from some fantasy world and he was her protector. And you might even call it a folie a trois once Ragmar's boyfriend started believing them.
But there was something beautiful about that s
tory (and Carmody's other stories based in our world - like The Gathering) there's always that haunting doubt that the whole thing treads between "delusions" and an invasion of reality, between outsiders who are unable to see the truth will label everyone mentally ill - and insiders who are unable to see that they have reflected their delusions onto their environment and created meaning out of things that's not there (very typical psychotic symptoms).
I vaguely remember Carmody did mention psychiatric illness as a background for some of the characters, but I think it was meant to highlight the point that there are some things that science cannot reach or try to understand, and that was the beauty in the story. To call that an irresponsible portrayal of psychiatric illness is...reinforcing Carmody's point =___=;;;;;;;;
OMG ARE YOU SERIOUS THE NEXT OBERNEWTYN BOOK IS THE FINAL ONE?????????????????????? How many years has it taken her???????? I WANNA SEE MATTHEWWWWW TT_____TT
One of the lecturers used the examples of Ragmar and William from Green Monkey Dreams as being a fictional portrayal of psychotic illnesssssssss noooooooooooooooooooooooooooo.....................!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I'm sure that's not Carmody's full intention at all.
I don't know if it's appropriate to put psychiatric diagnoses on a story that's supposed to be half-fantasy. Yes...in psychiatric terms it would be a strong case of delusions, particularly with William who insisted that Ragmar was a reincarnated queen from some fantasy world and he was her protector. And you might even call it a folie a trois once Ragmar's boyfriend started believing them.
But there was something beautiful about that s
tory (and Carmody's other stories based in our world - like The Gathering) there's always that haunting doubt that the whole thing treads between "delusions" and an invasion of reality, between outsiders who are unable to see the truth will label everyone mentally ill - and insiders who are unable to see that they have reflected their delusions onto their environment and created meaning out of things that's not there (very typical psychotic symptoms).
I vaguely remember Carmody did mention psychiatric illness as a background for some of the characters, but I think it was meant to highlight the point that there are some things that science cannot reach or try to understand, and that was the beauty in the story. To call that an irresponsible portrayal of psychiatric illness is...reinforcing Carmody's point =___=;;;;;;;;
OMG ARE YOU SERIOUS THE NEXT OBERNEWTYN BOOK IS THE FINAL ONE?????????????????????? How many years has it taken her???????? I WANNA SEE MATTHEWWWWW TT_____TT
