The Dynamic Impact of madness in Literature (From Shakespearean to Modern Era)

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