10 Literary Criticism approach An Overview of Approaches The Three-fold Purpose of Criticism: To help us solve a problem in the reading. To help us sift between and resolve conflicting readings. To enable us craft interpretative‚ yet scholarly judgments about literature. 1. Historical / Biographical Approach: Historical / Biographical critics see works as the reflection of an author’s life and times (or of the characters’ life and times). H/B approach deems it necessary to know about the
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The Purpose of Criticism: Literary criticism has at least three primary purposes. (1) To help us resolve a difficulty in the reading. The historical approach‚ for instance‚ might be helpful in addressing a problem in Thomas Otway’s play Venice Preserv’d. Why are the conspirators‚ despite the horrible‚ bloody details of their obviously brutish plan‚ portrayed in a sympathetic light? If we look at the author and his time‚ we see that he was a Tory whose play was performed in the wake of the Popish
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Psychoanalytic Criticism Psychoanalytic criticism originated in the work of Austrian psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud‚ who pioneered the technique of psychoanalysis. Freud developed a language that described‚ a model that explained‚ and a theory that encompassed human psychology. His theories are directly and indirectly concerned with the nature of the unconscious mind. Through his multiple case studies‚ Freud managed to find convincing evidence that most of our actions are motivated by psychological
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field of inquiry from the analytical psychology of Carl Gustav Jung. Before considering the main theme of this essay‚ a few remarks highlighting the principles of archetypal psychology will be given. In doing so‚ the ramifications of the Saturn archetype and its underlying principle of limitation may be more fully realized. The Nature of Archetypal Psychology Archetypal psychology considers psyche to be first principle or final cause‚ embodying all existence both phenomenal and noumenal. Because
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struggle with being accepted and treated as equals with the society that they live in. Thesis: Through the archetypes of the Jungian Lens‚ the main protagonists exemplify similarities in their struggle with the pursuit of a dream. The obsession with making their dream become a reality consumes them and contributes to their ultimate downfalls. Three arguments: Three Arguments: 1) Jungian theory describes the Anima as being the "soul image " or force/motivation that often causes us to act. In
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Name: Kristoffer Asetre Subject: Theries of Personality PSYCHOANALYTIC THEORY: Id‚ Ego‚ Superego Sigmund Freud Freud formulated a unique way of thinking about the mind‚ made up of three parts: Id‚ Ego‚ and Superego. These three structures describe the way we think and make decisions on a day-to-day basis. The id is the part of the mind that wants what it wants‚ and wants it now. It is demanding and childish‚ and operates via the pleasure principle. This simply means that it motivates
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Joseph Campbell Gayley Rousseau Psychology 300 February 18‚ 2013 Joseph Campbell The psychosocial‚ theoretical‚ and personality traits‚ of Joseph Campbell have all played significant roles in his overall personality development. He has spent the majority of his life studying and teaching based on his quest for knowledge about the similarities between mythology and religion and to make sense of the ethos of dreams. Mr. Campbell was born in 1904 to an upper middle class Irish Catholic family
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Theory Outline Tiffany Woods PCN-500 August 8‚ 2012 Theory Outline 1. Theory: Psychoanalytical Theory a. Key Concepts i. There is a focus on unconscious psychodynamics. ii. Individuals pay attention to repressed information. iii. In therapy‚ the therapist and client work to build the ego to moderate ID and superego. iv. The client works on establishing transference. He/she will tell the counselor what has caused the difficulties and the therapist
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The Christ child celebrated at Christmas is a manifestation of the child archetype‚ and represents the future‚ becoming‚ rebirth‚ and salvation. Curiously‚ Christmas falls during the winter solstice‚ which in northern primitive cultures also represents the future and rebirth. People used to light bonfires and perform ceremonies to encourage the sun’s return to them. The child archetype often blends with other archetypes to form the child-god‚ or the child-hero. Introversion and extroversion Jung
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Kubla Khan Interpretative Approaches "The poem itself is below criticism"‚ declared the anonymous reviewer in the Monthly Review (Jan 1817); and Thomas Moore‚ writing in the Edinburgh Review (Sep 1816)‚ tartly asserted that "the thing now before us‚ is utterly destitute of value" and he defied "any man to point out a passage of poetical merit" in it.2 While derisive asperity of this sort is the common fare of most of the early reviews‚ there are‚ nevertheless‚ contemporary readers whose response
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