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Psychological Criticism - Coggle Diagram
Psychological Criticism
Psychology: Literature
motives
reasons
what drives them?
behaviours/patterns
Author
Characters
Locus of meaning
Reader
Author
Text
Structure/organization
Creating a fictional world
Human mind/behaviour
Lit: reflection of life/realism/human life/struggles/sufferings/acheivements
Author's life/history/social standing/gender....
Ask psychologically motivated questions....
Use a psychological lens(theory): Freud, Lacan, Jung....
delimit/narrow---focus
Actions/reactions
dynamic: changing over the period of time---what kind of changes can you see?
notice their reaction towards other people/situations
background of the ch.
fears/nervous ticks
personalities...introvert/extrovert/sophisticated/civilized/wild/erratic/manic...???
motivations of the ch./narrator?
maturity?
context