To whom is the concept of the uncanny attributed ?
Correct answer: A. Sigmund Freud
- A. Sigmund Freud
- B. Edmund Lewis
- C. Edmund Burke
- D. Mary Shelley
Explanation
The concept of the uncanny is most closely associated with Sigmund Freud, whose essay "The Uncanny" examines the disturbing return of what seems familiar but is actually repressed or strange. Edmund Burke is instead associated with the sublime and the beautiful.
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