Psychoanalytic Criticism: Murfin and Ray (1998)
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What is the focus of Norman Holland's theories?

  • The text
  • The literary genre
  • The author
  • The reader (correct)

According to D.W. Winnicott, how does the relationship between reader and text take place?

  • In a virtual space
  • In a physical space
  • In an abstract space
  • In a 'transitional' or 'potential space' (correct)

How does Lacan treat the unconscious?

  • As a form of memory
  • As a language (correct)
  • As a form of perception
  • As a collection of symbols

What did Sigmund Freud pioneer?

<p>Psychoanalysis (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

Before 1950, what was the focus of psychoanalytic criticism on literary works?

<p>Psychoanalyzing the individual author (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What does Jacques Lacan view the dream as?

<p>A form of discourse (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What is the psychoanalytic approach to literature based on?

<p>Theories of Freud (C)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did Freud characterize the artist's mind as?

<p>&quot;One urged on by instincts that are too clamorous&quot; (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

What did literary works represent according to early psychoanalytic criticism?

<p>Fantasies that allowed authors to indulge repressed wishes (B)</p> Signup and view all the answers

After 1950, what did psychoanalytic critics shift their focus towards?

<p>The psychology of the reader and the text (D)</p> Signup and view all the answers

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