The Uncanny and Freud's Hypothesis

Freud: The uncanny is nothing new or alien, but something which is familiar and old. This reference to the factor of repression enables us furthermore to under stand shelling's definition of the uncanny as something which ought to have remained hidden, but has come to light. So now we have the repressed which recurs. And that really offers the key to understanding shelling's definition that he wanted to underline last week,.Something that is unconscious, ought to have stayed hidden, but comes to light. Why exactly, you know.