Well, Doctor Sigmund Freud, a Neurologist from Vienna, had learned a great deal from studying Literature. His theory of human perception claimed that much of what we forget is stored in the unconscious mind including traumatic events that happened in childhood that were repressed. He used one the ancient greek plays "Oedipus" written by Sophocles. Freud paid respects to the playwright, Sophocles, for his deep understanding into human nature that his characters displayed the complexity and depth of "real" people.
Freud along with his other famous playwrights agreed that great literature truthfully reflects life.
Psychological Criticism is so varied that he broke it down into three categories: First it investigates the creative processes of the artist.
Second approach is the psychological study of a particular artist, it is to understand the motivation and behaviors. The third: is analysis of fictional characters, this approach is the one most often used. It is a modern insight about human behavior into the study about how fictional people act. (p.2021)
Whew, that wasn't too painful, was it?
NO it wasnt painful but certainly deep helene, in that we all have that ego struggling not to let the super ego or the ID or idiot part of us take control. I find myself in a constant struggle at times..Could we classify it as Dr.jekyll or Mr. hydye...Thank you for sharing this insight girlie....!!!!
ReplyDeleteYes, indeed Steve.. we ALL have those little demons that make those temptations. Some of us have less control over that then others.
Deletethanks for taking the time to respond.
~Helene