A Psychological Approach to Arvin D.Yalom's When Nietzsche Wept

The novel, When Nietzsche Wept, by Arvin D. Yalom, has efficiently manifested the ties between literature and psychology, and it was so imperssive that immadiately a movie with the same name was made that became very famous and won many awards. The writer has aimed to demonstrate the psychoneurosis treatment of two western geniuses. In this essay, attempts has been made to evaluate the novel from a psychoanalytic perspective, especially whith a particular reference to Id, Ego and Superego and Libido. It was percieved that this novel has been written in two separate episodes. The first one includes: Broyer (ID), Matilde, Broyer's wife (Superego), Nietzsche (Ego) and Berte (Libido) and the second one includes: Nietzsche (ID), Elizabet, Nietzsche's sister and his mother (Superego), Broyer (Ego) and Salomeh (Libido).