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Mind Map by Marvin Chonay, updated more than 1 year ago
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Created by Marvin Chonay
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Literary criticism
- It is the study, evaluation and interpretation of literature. Modern
literary criticism is often influenced by literary theory, which is the
philosophical discussion of literature's goals and methods.
- Psychoanalytic criticism
- Uses psychoanalysis in the interpretation of literature. It is a form of therapy which
aims to cure mental disorders. These theories were developed by the Austrian,
Sigmund Freud
- Characteristics
- Focuses on the unconscious mind and the deeper meaning of the a text based on the
author interpretation.
- Privileges individual drama over social drama
- It makes a difference between the conscious and the unconscious
- Treats literary texts as part of a broader orientation
- Examples
- In Hamlet, Freud links the situation of Hamlet in the play to that
of Shakespeare himself the poet's own mind which confronts us
in Hamlet
- In "The Homecoming" by Harold Pinter the psychoanalytic critic is
able to offer an explanation which makes some sense of them. It is
suggested that the underlying explanation is to be found in Freud's
essay
- Exponents
- Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) was a French psychoanalyst whose work has had
an extraordinary influence upon many aspects of recent literary theory
- The neurologist Sigmund Freud was the was the main developer
of these theories.
- The neurologist Sigmund Freud was the was the main developer
of these theories.
- Jacques Lacan (1901-1981) was a French psychoanalyst whose work has had
an extraordinary influence upon many aspects of recent literary theory
- Exponents
- In "The Homecoming" by Harold Pinter the psychoanalytic critic is
able to offer an explanation which makes some sense of them. It is
suggested that the underlying explanation is to be found in Freud's
essay
- In Hamlet, Freud links the situation of Hamlet in the play to that
of Shakespeare himself the poet's own mind which confronts us
in Hamlet
- Examples
- Treats literary texts as part of a broader orientation
- It makes a difference between the conscious and the unconscious
- Privileges individual drama over social drama
- Focuses on the unconscious mind and the deeper meaning of the a text based on the
author interpretation.
- Characteristics
- Uses psychoanalysis in the interpretation of literature. It is a form of therapy which
aims to cure mental disorders. These theories were developed by the Austrian,
Sigmund Freud
- Psychoanalytic criticism
- Marvin Waldemar Chonay Chonay
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