Psychoanalytic criticism

Psychoanalytic literary criticism refers to literary criticism which, in method, concept, theory, or form, is influenced by the tradition of psychoanalysis begun by Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalytic criticism applies a combination of psychoanalytic theory and knowledge about the auther. This approach is the application of the methods of Sigmund Freud's psychoanalysis to interpreting works of literature

Keywords:

psychoanalytic criticism , unconscious , literary critics