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[Separation in the mother-son relationship: an adolescent problem in Rainer Maria Rilke's story "Silent accompaniment"]. 1995

W Wittstruck

The story 'Quiet Accompanying' by Ranier Maria Rilke's early work is of special interest for research on adolescence. The story is a literary contribution to the separation conflict of parents and their maturing children, especially the separation crisis in the mother-son relationship. The story's suspense is derived from the son's desire to begin a new phase in life and his experience of being powerless regarding his ties to his family. Thereby the adolescent crisis of the male main character is indirectly picked out as the main theme in the description of the mother's separation crisis. In the mother's 'dream' where the departure for a sunday excursion is described, an image of the son's adolescence with the components search for identity, separation and closeness develops. The son's efforts finally fail because mother and son are captured in their relationship characterized by conflicts and fears.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007207	Individuation	A process of differentiation having for its goal the development of the individual personality.	Individuations
D007389	Internal-External Control	Personality construct referring to an individual's perception of the locus of events as determined internally by his or her own behavior versus fate, luck, or external forces. (ERIC Thesaurus, 1996).	Locus of Control,External-Internal Control,Sense of Control,Control Locus,Control, External-Internal,Controls, External-Internal,Controls, Internal-External,Internal-External Controls
D008093	Literature, Modern	Writings originating from the 15th century A.D. to the present	Modern Literature
D008297	Male		Males
D009034	Mother-Child Relations	Interaction between a mother and child.	Mother-Child Interaction,Mother-Child Relationship,Mother-Infant Interaction,Mother-Infant Relations,Interaction, Mother-Child,Interaction, Mother-Infant,Interactions, Mother-Child,Interactions, Mother-Infant,Mother Child Interaction,Mother Child Relations,Mother Child Relationship,Mother Infant Interaction,Mother Infant Relations,Mother-Child Interactions,Mother-Child Relation,Mother-Child Relationships,Mother-Infant Interactions,Mother-Infant Relation,Relation, Mother-Child,Relation, Mother-Infant,Relations, Mother-Child,Relations, Mother-Infant,Relationship, Mother-Child,Relationships, Mother-Child
D010553	Personality Development	Growth of habitual patterns of behavior in childhood and adolescence.	Development, Personality
D011573	Psychoanalytic Interpretation	Utilization of Freudian theories to explain various psychologic aspects of art, literature, biographical material, etc.	Interpretation, Psychoanalytic,Psychoanalytical Interpretation,Interpretation, Psychoanalytical,Interpretations, Psychoanalytic,Interpretations, Psychoanalytical,Psychoanalytic Interpretations,Psychoanalytical Interpretations
D003220	Conflict, Psychological	The internal individual struggle resulting from incompatible or opposing needs, drives, or external and internal demands. In group interactions, competitive or opposing action of incompatibles: antagonistic state or action (as of divergent ideas, interests, or persons). (from Merriam-Webster's Collegiate Dictionary, 10th ed)	Conflict, Psychology,Psychological Conflict,Psychological Conflicts
D004325	Dreams	A series of thoughts, images, or emotions occurring during sleep which are dissociated from the usual stream of consciousness of the waking state.	Nightmares,Dream,Nightmare
D005260	Female		Females