Relation of food and pleasure in European art and literature through and Freudian approaches

This thesis examines the representation of food in European art and literature through the concept of pleasure. The rituals which were formed either by the religions or by the social structures transformed into phenomena. But before and after this transformation in what ways the rituals were represented during the table talks of the laymen as well as the feast of the nobles of Europle? How and why foodstuffs become the prestigious image for painters? Why did the writers choose long descriptions of dinners and lunches? Or why did the directors choose the focus on the dinnertable accessories to symbolizeclimax points? This Theisis aimig to answer these and other questions on the basis of the concept of Epicurian hedonism and pleasure principle of Freud.