Essays about: "psychoanalytical literary criticism"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 6 essays containing the words psychoanalytical literary criticism.

  1. 1. Blinded by Angels, Monsters, Mad Women, or Mothers : The Struggling Break from Patriarchy in Romeo and Juliet and Pride and Prejudice

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Satvinder Sue Munde; [2021]
    Keywords : Patriarchy; Hegemony; Misogynistic; Feminism; Gynocritics;

    Abstract : This study attempts to shed light on the psychological mindsets of two minor femalecharacters in two fictional stories, Lady Capulet, the mother in Romeo and Juliet (1597), and Mrs Bennet, the mother in Pride and Prejudice (1813). The stories are set centuries apart by two different English authors. READ MORE

  3. 2. The Significance of the Unconscious : A Literary Study of Fear Factors and Psychological Blockings in the Harry Potter Series

    University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

    Author : Ida Swärd; [2020]
    Keywords : Harry Potter; fear; psychoanalytical criticism; the unconscious;

    Abstract : This essay examines various fears presented in the Harry Potter series along with the psychological blockings connected to each fear. Furthermore, this study examines whether the effect of the characters’ actions and behaviours in situations that frightens them can simulate strategies of managing fears in real-life situations as well. READ MORE

  4. 3. Holden Caulfield´s Narcissism Revisited : A Psychoanalytical Study of the Protagonist in J.D. Salinger´s The Catcher in the Rye

    University essay from Högskolan i Gävle/Avdelningen för humaniora

    Author : Sara Hayward; [2018]
    Keywords : The Catcher in the Rye; J. D. Salinger; Freud; psychoanalytical literary criticism; narcissism;

    Abstract : Jerome David Salinger´s Holden Caulfield, the protagonist in The Catcher in the Rye, is seen through the lens of psychoanalytical literary criticism. He is a complex character, who is torn between his dreams and emotions. READ MORE

  5. 4. A Defence of Literary Theory : A psychoanalytical study of selected works by Percy Bysshe Shelley with a view to didactic usage

    University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

    Author : Markus Edmonds; [2017]
    Keywords : Literary didactics; Lacan; Shelley; literary psychoanalytic criticism; upper secondary school;

    Abstract : This essay argued the importance of literary theory in the classroom. As a teacher, it is possible to achieve the empathetic goals of the English curriculum and Judith A. Langer’s ambition of literate thinking by using poetry and literary theory in school. READ MORE

  6. 5. “O Brave New World, That Has Such Critics In’t”: An Argumentative Essay on Criticism of The Tempest

    University essay from Engelska institutionen

    Author : Amkiram Moors; [2014]
    Keywords : The Tempest; criticism; over-reading; Caliban; Shakespeare; post-colonialism; psychoanalysis; biographical; ideological;

    Abstract : Shakespeare criticism has been a rapidly evolving field of literary studies. Scholars such as Francis Barker and Peter Hulme, Meredith Anne Skura, Stanley Wells, Harold Bloom and Sidney Shanker have continuously developed new theories and dismissed previous theories. READ MORE