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Agnon, S. Y. - Lev Hakak (essay date 1986)
Lev Hakak (essay date 1986)
SOURCE: "Sexual Symbols in 'Another Face' by S. Y. Agnon," in Hebrew Annual Review, Vol. 10, 1986, pp. 95-108.
[In the following essay, Hakak offers a Freudian interpretation of "Another Face" ("Panini aherot"), claiming that sexual symbols pervade the story. Note: The title of the story, here translated as "Another Face," is also known as "Metamorphosis" (see Leon I. Yudkin, 1974).]
Michael was grateful to her for her not interpreting his dream according to Freud and his School.
S. Y. Agnon, "Another Face," Dec. 12, 1932, edition, Dabar
1. INTRODUCTION
Sexual Symbols play an important role in S. Y. Agnon's short story "Another Face" (1976, 3, pp. 449-68). These symbols accompany the progress in communication between Toni and Michael and thereby enrich the reader's aesthetic...
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