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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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

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

    What does Jacques Lacan view the dream as?

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

    What is the psychoanalytic approach to literature based on?

    <p>Theories of Freud</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;</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</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</p> Signup and view all the answers

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