The Psychoanalytic Criticism Sum

“The Psychoanalytic Criticism”
Summary
 Psycholinguistics:
Psycholinguistic is referred to the study of human mental aspect of language and speech. It is
mainly concern about the process and representation in the brain. It plays an important role in
development of human mind and behavior.
 Psychoanalysis:
Psychoanalysis is a concept which refers to a personality theory, in which is told that an
individual gets motivated by an unseen instincts, conscious and rational thoughts control these
unseen forces. It’s mainly purpose is that an individual can get insight of his current mental
health by bringing awareness of unconscious mind.
Psychoanalysis is a type of therapy through which in individual release repressed emotion or
traumatic experience. It focus on individual mind that what is exists at unconscious mind or sub-
conscious. This therapy help out people to gain relief
 Psychoanalytic criticism:
Psychoanalytic criticism term was firstly used by an Australian neurologist Sigmund Freud. He
was the leading figure in psychoanalysis. The main focus of psychoanalytic criticism is on
personality of the author, and it examine the personality through life events, personal experience,
and literary works. He noted that in literary work there were some common features in that era
like Shakespeare and other writers shows same psychological struggles, while this is not allowed
in literature.
 Basic Ideas:
Psychoanalytic theory of personality suggests that human action is the result of the
interaction among the three level of mind; id, ego, super ego.
Structural theory of personality states that how conflicts among these level of mind give
shape to out behavior and personality. Which are unconscious.
Freud suggests that personality develops in childhood through five psychosexual stages.
During each stage of development, a child might face with conflict.
 Freud’s Models of the Mind
Freud says, language plays a major role in showing hidden expressions, desires, and feelings.
According to him language and unconscious mind are related to each other. Unconscious mind
consists of desires, sex drives, fear, dreams, etc. which may be not expressed in a direct way to
world. But according to Freud, hidden and unseen emotions can be express through language.
I. The Id
Id is based on primitive impulses i.e. hunger, thirst, anger etc. it is the unconscious part of the
mind. It works on pleasure principle
II. Super-Ego
It is related to the social and moral values of human. It differentiate between right and wrong.
III. Ego
Ego is based on reality principle. It is the conscious part of the mind. It maintain balance when
there is any conflicts between id and super-ego.
 Freud’s Three Level of Mind:
Freud suggest that human’s mind is consist of three level. Conscious, Subconscious, and
unconscious. Conscious mind is the first level of mind, which is smallest part, it is consist of
what we aware of in present time. Subconscious mind is hold information that are underneath of
awareness. Unconscious mind is made up desires, emotion, instincts that repressed deeply,
unconscious mind has great influence on our behaviors.
 The Role of Dreams in Freud’s Theory:
Dreams are considered more important in psychoanalysis. He claimed that dreams are a way out
to unconscious mind. Dreams are the repressed desires, emotion, and events, dreams are
fulfillment of that events which can’t fulfill directly. He asserted that dreams hold symbolic text
that needs to interpret.
 Defense Mechanism:
Freud suggested that all three level of mind are always in conflict, because each level has it’s
own goals, ego engages in some defense mechanism.
o Repression: Ego pushes disturbing and unpleasant thoughts out of one’s conscious mind.
o Denial: the ego blocks and ignores the reality of the situation and overwhelming experience
from awareness.
o Projection: the ego attributes unacceptable thoughts, and feeling to another person
o Displacement: it is the satisfying an impulse with another substitute object or person but not in
socially acceptable way
o Regression: it is a defense mechanism, in which individual move back in psychological time
when face with stress i.e. a stressed person acted like a child.
o Sublimation: this defense mechanism is the satisfying an impulse with a subtitle object but in a
socially acceptable way.
References:
Ahmad, Imtiaz. (2021). The Psychoanalytic Criticism.

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development of human mind and behavior.

Psychoanalysis is a concept which refers to a personality theory, in which is told that an

health by bringing awareness of unconscious mind.

Psychoanalysis is a type of therapy through which in individual release repressed emotion or

conscious. This therapy help out people to gain relief

shape to out behavior and personality. Which are unconscious.

During each stage of development, a child might face with conflict.

 Freud’s Models of the Mind

mind. It works on pleasure principle

there is any conflicts between id and super-ego.

 Freud’s Three Level of Mind:

unconscious mind has great influence on our behaviors.

 The Role of Dreams in Freud’s Theory:

that needs to interpret.

own goals, ego engages in some defense mechanism.

socially acceptable way

o Regression: it is a defense mechanism, in which individual move back in psychological time

socially acceptable way.

Ahmad, Imtiaz. (2021). The Psychoanalytic Criticism.

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