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Freudian (Psychoanalytic) Literary Criticism. By: Vanessa, Brittany, and Sam. Definition. Sexual Desire Psychic Apparatus id, ego, super-ego Viewed as a dream Analysis of symbols and imagery Subconscious. Questions Asked. Are the characters’ actions influenced by their motives ? - PowerPoint PPT Presentation
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Freudian (Psychoanalytic) Literary Criticism
By: Vanessa, Brittany, and Sam
Definition
• Sexual Desire
• Psychic Apparatus id, ego, super-ego
• Viewed as a dream
• Analysis of symbols and imagery
• Subconscious
Questions Asked• Are the characters’ actions influenced by their motives ?
• Are the symbols representing the character’s sexual
implications?
• Do the characters exhibit the three parts of the psychic
apparatus?
• Is the characters’ subconscious mind controlling their
everyday actions?
Advantages and Disadvantages
Advantages • Repression of the
characters’ sexual desire • Id, ego, and super-ego
reveal character• Examine character action• Shows complexity of
characters’ relationships
Disadvantages• Characters’ intentions
exaggerate a sexual message
• Characters’ actions conflict with different ideas
• Reader digs too deeply into characters’ motives
When We Have Used This Technique
• Catcher in the Rye
• Lord of the Flies
• Shakespeare
• Psychology
• Social Studies
Real World ExamplesLiterature Examples
• Sigmund Freud's Leonardo da Vinci and a memory of his childhood (1910)
• Edmund Wilson's The Turn of the Screw (1948)
• Marie Bonaparte's The Life and Works of Edgar Allan Poe (1949)
• George Orwell’s Nineteen Eighty-Four
Media Examples
• The 40 year old virgin (2005)
• Inception (2010)• The Wizard of Oz (1939)• Alice in Wonderland (1951)• Lollipop by Lil Wayne• Only Girl (In the World) by
Rhianna• Pour Some Sugar On Me by
Def Leppard• Anything by Lady Gaga
Where and How to Use Technique
• Psychology Class
• English literature discussions
• Focus on desires
• Read about the author
• Other works of the author