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    Psychological criticism views works through the lens of psychology by looking at either the psychological motivations of characters or authors. It most frequently applies Freudian psychology, which views the mind as having three levels - conscious, preconscious, and unconscious - and three parts - the id, ego, and superego. Psychoanalytic literary criticism can focus on understanding the author, characters, audience, or text using these psychological theories.

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    Psychological criticism views works through the lens of psychology by looking at either the psychological motivations of characters or authors. It most frequently applies Freudian psychology, which views the mind as having three levels - conscious, preconscious, and unconscious - and three parts - the id, ego, and superego. Psychoanalytic literary criticism can focus on understanding the author, characters, audience, or text using these psychological theories.

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    Psychological criticism views works through the lens of psychology by looking at either the psychological motivations of characters or authors. It most frequently applies Freudian psychology, which views the mind as having three levels - conscious, preconscious, and unconscious - and three parts - the id, ego, and superego. Psychoanalytic literary criticism can focus on understanding the author, characters, audience, or text using these psychological theories.

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    PSYCHOLOGICAL

    CRITICISM
    —views works through the
    lens of psychology
    —looks either at the
    psychological motivations
    of the characters or of the
    authors themselvesapplies
    —most frequently
    Freudian psychology to
    works, but other
    approaches also exist. 
    Freud’s
    Topographical
    Model of the Mind

    • CONSCIOUS LEVEL
    • PRECONCIOUS
    LEVEL
    • UNCONSCIOUS
    LEVEL
    Freudian Approach to Personality

    —the id: the instinctual,


    Three parts to an
    pleasure seeking part of
    individual’s psyche:
    the mind

    —the ego: the part of the


    mind that controls but —the superego:the part
    does not repress the id's of the mind that represses
    impulses, releasing them the id's impulses
    in a healthy way 
    So how do Id, Ego, and
    Superego interact with each
    other?
    Psychoanalytic literary criticism can focus on
    one or more of the following:

    1 2 3 4
    The author: The The characters: The audience: The The text: The
    theory is used to This theory is used theory is used to theory is used to
    analyze the author to analyze one or explain the appeal analyze the role oF
    and his/her life and more of the of the work for language and
    the literary work. characters, to those who read it. symbolism in the
    understand and work.
    explain the
    characters’ behavior
    and motivations.

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