Psychoanalytic Criticism Classical Psychoanalysis Sigmund Freud Theory of the Psyche Humans are motivated‚ even driven‚ by desires‚ fears‚ needs‚ and conflicts of which they are unaware‚ that is unconscious The world through psychoanalytic lens Individual human beings Psychological history Childhood -> adolescent -> adult behavior Goal: help us resolve problems Disorders Dysfunctions Patterns of behavior – destructive (in some way) The Unconscious The storehouse of those painful experiences
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Extra material for chapter 4 Van Leuven-Zwart’s comparative–descriptive model of translation shifts1 The most detailed attempt to produce and apply a model of shift analysis has been carried out by Kitty van Leuven-Zwart of Amsterdam. Van Leuven-Zwart’s model takes as its point of departure some of the categories proposed by Vinay and Darbelnet and Levý and applies them to the descriptive analysis of a translation‚ attempting both to systematize comparison and to build in a discourse framework
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tell the man anything more than his name‚ rank and number. This story will be analyzed according to Gérard Genette‚ a French literary theorist‚ associated in particular with the theory of structuralism taking into account the concepts of Genette´s narratology. The first concept is order‚ it has to do with the structure of the narration of the story or the plot and this refers to flash-backs and flash-forwards. Genette‚ argues that there are two kinds of plots: complex and simple. Beware of the dog
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literary theories discussed in Modules Two through Five applies to either James’ The Turn of the Screw or Conrad’s Heart of Darkness. As this is a short paper‚ be sure to narrow the theoretical focus of your application. For example‚ if you use narratology‚ you might choose to apply Chatman’s concepts of how narrative “records thought and feeling” or Bahktin’s ideas of “heteroglossia” but not both; if you work on postmodernism‚ you might focus on Lyotard’s theory of “metanarratives” or Baudrillard’s
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A Brief Introduction to Structuralism Zhu Gang The English word “structure” comes from structum‚ the past participle of the Latin struere‚ meaning “put in order.” There are two kinds of structuralism: structuralism as a mode of thinking‚ a general tendency of thought‚ or a philosophical view‚ and the narrower definition relating it to a method of inquiry‚ deriving chiefly from linguistics. Structuralism as a way of thinking can be traced back at least to Aristotle‚ whose Poetica is an
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Introduction According to the Living Handbook of Narratology (Walter de Gruyter‚ 2009)‚ Gerard Genette coined‚ in 1972‚ the term “Focalization”‚ which may be defined as a selection or restriction of narrative information in relation to the experience and knowledge of the narrator‚ the characters or other‚ more hypothetical entities in the storyworld. Genette distinguishes three types of focalization‚ zero‚ internal and external. Knowing what type or degree of focalization is being used
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The Colossus by Sylvia Plath as an example of ideology or feminist writing. You may begin by commenting on the different definitions available for ideology in general as well as the theory of feminism. Feminism is discussed in this course as an example of modern theories and is often associated with the issue of ideology. Your discussion should refer to the discussion of these terms as well as the major elements connected to them (e.g. gender‚ écriture feminine‚ patriarchy‚ etc.). In your analysis
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“This is a reconstruction. All of it a reconstruction…” Chapter 23 Is the narrative of The Handmaid’s Tale merely a reconstruction of events? At first‚ The Handmaid’s Tale (1986) may purely seem like a reconstruction of events. However‚ when examined more closely the reader can see that Atwood has used many narrative and poetic techniques. Each of these devices develop the novel into so much more than just a simple reconstruction of events‚ it becomes a precise and planned piece of work;
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Booth‚ Wayne C. The Rhetoric of Fiction‚ Chicago: The University of Chicago‚ 1961 (2nd edition 1983) Christie Agatha Hawthron‚ Jeremy. A Glossary of Contemporary Literary Theory‚ London: Arnold‚ 2000 Kereshner‚ R.B Prince‚ Gerald. A Dictionary of Narratology‚ Lincoln: University of Nebraska Press‚ 1997 Rimmon-Kenan‚ Shlomith Roll No. 67 10th September‚ 2011
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Rather than attempting to change Rodrick’s point of view‚ the narrator only persists resistance to becoming “ushered.” The narratology shifts focus to the image of Rodrick. He proclaims his fear of going mad. In his mind‚ the house is causing him‚ body and soul‚ to mirror itself. The narrator‚ attempting to rationalize once again‚ concludes that Rodrick’s condition is the condition
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