Dettmering P
Prax Kinderpsychol Kinderpsychiatr. 1992 Mar;41(3):90-4.
The fairy-tale of "St. Mary's Child" has often been neglected by contemporary readers because it is said to be extremely moralistic. I try to demonstrate that it must not necessarily be seen in this way, and that its dramatic quality stems from the conflict of the super-ego and the ego. This concerns primarily the phenomenon of the lie to which the protagonist takes refuge in order to prevent the authority from intruding. I quote H. KOHUT's "one's empathy for one-self" which means that it can be an important experience (either in childhood or in therapy) to perceive that neither parents nor therapists are omniscient so that their empathy must be counter-balanced by "one's empathy for one-self". My interpretation of the fairy-tale follows this direction.
《圣玛丽的孩子》这则童话常常被当代读者忽视，因为据说它极具道德说教意味。我试图证明，未必非得如此看待它，其戏剧化特质源于超我与自我的冲突。这主要涉及主人公为防止权威介入而说谎的现象。我引用了H. 科胡特的“对自己的共情”，意思是，意识到父母和治疗师都并非全知全能，从而必须用“对自己的共情”来平衡他们的共情，这可能是一种重要的体验（无论是在童年还是在治疗过程中）。我对这则童话的解读遵循这一方向。
