Psychological+and+Psychoanalytic+Criticism-Per+6

Psychoanalytic criticism explores the personality, state of mind, feelings, and desires of the author and has a lot to do with human psychology.

 * very complex
 * analyzes the mental state of the author to find out the meaning of the text
 * argues that the author expresses their "unconscious emotions" such as dreams and anxieties in their writing.
 * Austrian psychoanalyst named Sigmund Freud who studied the “nature of the unconscious mind”
 * characters are a projection of the authors thoughts

Does this theory make sense? Is it a valid way of looking at literature and the world?
 * it is a valid way of looking at literature
 * writing is an expression of emotion
 * people have emotions they aren't aware of
 * explores text
 * analyzes author's thoughts
 * introspection

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