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Psychological Criticism
PREPARED BY
DR. T. LILLY GOLDA
ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH
A.P.C. MAHALAXMI COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, THOOTHUKUDI
What is Psychology?
Psychology is a field of study that focuses
on human mind, behaviour, and
experiences. It is both an academic
discipline and applied science which
pursues to interpret a group or individual
by means of founding principles through
case study and research.
Impact of Freud
Freud’s
Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex
 The Interpretation of Dreams
A. A. Brill’s translations in 1910 & 1912
Dr. Ernest Jones’ Oedipus Complex as an
Explanation of Hamlet’s Mystery
Freudian theory
Literary Naturalism
Man is a victim of environment
Man is sick rather than villainous
French Symbolists & Experimentalists –
method of the unconscious
Impact of Psychology upon literature
Adler’s concept of inferiority complex
Jung’s theory of collective unconscious
Those influenced by Freud
Lawrence, Mann, Sherwood Anderson
May Sinclair, Joyce, Katherine Mansfield,
Graham Green, Dylan Thomas
Psychology vs Puritanism & Victorianism
 Randolph Bourne’s The Puritan’s Will to Power
 He attempts to destroy the retention of traditional
values.
 He attacks the puritanical spirit which celebrates
denial and attacks freedom and expressiveness of the
full person.
Psychology in literary criticism
Those who popularized the psychological
approach:
 Concord Aiken’s Skepticisms: Notes on
Contemporary Poetry
 Max Eastman
 Floyd Dell
 Robert Graves’ use of W. H. River’s theory of the
conflict of unconscious personalities
 Herbert Read’s Reason and Romanticism
Application of psychological knowledge to art
Three kinds of illumination
Aesthetic experience
Literary biography
Explaining fictitious characters
Application of psychological knowledge to art
Aesthetic experience
 I. A. Richards’ Principles of Literary Criticism
Kenneth Burke’s Antony in Behalf of the Play
Application of psychological knowledge to art
Literary biography
Study of the lives of authors as a means of
understanding their art
Edmund Wilson’s The Wound and the Bow
Application of psychological knowledge to art
Explaining fictitious characters
F. L. Lucas Literature and Psychology
Ernest Jones’ Study of Hamlet
Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw
Limitations of the Psychological Approach
Over simplification
Van Wyck Brook’s The Ordeal of Mark
Twain 1920
Lewisohn’s Expression in America 1934
Art is different from dream; art can be
controlled, dream cannot be
Lionel Trilling, Kenneth Burke
Psychological approach

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Psychological approach

  • 1. Psychological Criticism PREPARED BY DR. T. LILLY GOLDA ASSISTANT PROFESSOR OF ENGLISH A.P.C. MAHALAXMI COLLEGE FOR WOMEN, THOOTHUKUDI
  • 2. What is Psychology? Psychology is a field of study that focuses on human mind, behaviour, and experiences. It is both an academic discipline and applied science which pursues to interpret a group or individual by means of founding principles through case study and research.
  • 3. Impact of Freud Freud’s Three Contributions to the Theory of Sex  The Interpretation of Dreams A. A. Brill’s translations in 1910 & 1912 Dr. Ernest Jones’ Oedipus Complex as an Explanation of Hamlet’s Mystery
  • 4. Freudian theory Literary Naturalism Man is a victim of environment Man is sick rather than villainous French Symbolists & Experimentalists – method of the unconscious
  • 5. Impact of Psychology upon literature Adler’s concept of inferiority complex Jung’s theory of collective unconscious Those influenced by Freud Lawrence, Mann, Sherwood Anderson May Sinclair, Joyce, Katherine Mansfield, Graham Green, Dylan Thomas
  • 6. Psychology vs Puritanism & Victorianism  Randolph Bourne’s The Puritan’s Will to Power  He attempts to destroy the retention of traditional values.  He attacks the puritanical spirit which celebrates denial and attacks freedom and expressiveness of the full person.
  • 7. Psychology in literary criticism Those who popularized the psychological approach:  Concord Aiken’s Skepticisms: Notes on Contemporary Poetry  Max Eastman  Floyd Dell  Robert Graves’ use of W. H. River’s theory of the conflict of unconscious personalities  Herbert Read’s Reason and Romanticism
  • 8. Application of psychological knowledge to art Three kinds of illumination Aesthetic experience Literary biography Explaining fictitious characters
  • 9. Application of psychological knowledge to art Aesthetic experience  I. A. Richards’ Principles of Literary Criticism Kenneth Burke’s Antony in Behalf of the Play
  • 10. Application of psychological knowledge to art Literary biography Study of the lives of authors as a means of understanding their art Edmund Wilson’s The Wound and the Bow
  • 11. Application of psychological knowledge to art Explaining fictitious characters F. L. Lucas Literature and Psychology Ernest Jones’ Study of Hamlet Henry James’ The Turn of the Screw
  • 12. Limitations of the Psychological Approach Over simplification Van Wyck Brook’s The Ordeal of Mark Twain 1920 Lewisohn’s Expression in America 1934 Art is different from dream; art can be controlled, dream cannot be Lionel Trilling, Kenneth Burke