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March 27, 2006
Appendix A
Roberts, Appendix A -- Jerz: American Lit II (EL 267)
"Critics using the psychoanalytic approach treat literature somewhat like information about patients in therapy."
The pscyhological/psychoanalytic approach is the approach that I cn most relate to myself. Being a psychology major, I really understand what Roberts is decribing about this approach. The approach deals with questioning about the past, present and future and how they all connect, like a therapist would do in a session. It also looks closley at life experiences of not only a described character in the literature but also of the author who wrote the piece. The authors life, past, present and future, could have a major impact on the type and topic of the literature.
Posted by TerraStumpf at March 27, 2006 07:29 PM
Comments
I'm glad you're able to apply your major to what you read in this course.
Have you seen the cover story in Newsweek this week? "Freud is not Dead." That's a comfort to the legions of psychoanalytical critics.
Posted by: Dennis G. Jerz at March 27, 2006 07:50 PM