Sunday, September 21, 2008

Theory of Literature II

Hello everybody,

The first theory we're going to discuss would be Psychoanalytic criticism. A number of materials on this theory are available online. The following is just one of the many. Follow this link to get to know more about Freudian concept and how it is applied in literature.

/http://www.ux1.eiu.edu/~rlbeebe/what_is_psychoanalytic_criticism.pdf/

The following link is also very useful in providing a brief overview of various literary theories. It also gives you a number of links for further references.

http://www.kristisiegel.com/theory.htm



10 comments:

livia pendleton said...

we find difficulty in opening the site you recommended

tiwi-lioness.blogspot.com said...

I checked by clicking the link, and it was quite easy. It's a pdf file, by the way, so make sure you have an Adobe Acrobar reader in your computer.

MUTCHAN said...

yes Mam, I have successfully opened it, and saved it but not read it yet :p
yesterday the network was bad and unfortunately, you were right that we don't have Adobe software being installed yet
but now everything is okay
thank you Mam, those links are so much better than the links I have searched for all this time :p

LUBAI said...

yes mam, I have read it, but I find difficulty to understand some statements. Perhaps I have to read it again and try harder :P
Thanks mam

crossing over the others.... said...

Mam, i have a question, and i need your opinion about what has been discussed on our last meeting of TOL2 about unconsciousness.
suddenly i remembered on something related to 'system', it's so tickling. even when i post this comment, it seems that 'system vs unconsciousness' running on my brain.
but i'm afraid i haven't got the deep core about the unconsciousness itself.
i'll be back later, mam, after finishing the material you gave and having a little enlightment =P

i'l be back with the question. now i'm still counfused in arranging the words....


thankyou

tiwi-lioness.blogspot.com said...

I don't really get what you mean by "system." But I assume it is related to the question whether unconscious mind is systematic (structured) or not. Freud would say "no", but Lacan, instead, would argue that it is systematic just like language. Let me know if you have figured it out.

welcome said...

i have read the material attached. what i have understood after reading the material , the main thing in freud 's theory is about unconciousness in dreaming.i'm still confuse whether unconciousness only found when we are dreaming?honestly , i'm still find some difficulties in understanding the material.naybe i must read more deeply.



vivi irmawati
english literature reg 05
052154010

dewi said...

good evening Ma'am..i have opened your site and already read this theory, actually i have some difficulties about conscious and unconscious.i need your help,of course your good explanation ;)..thank you very much Ma'am...see you

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kartika said...

Kartika Nugrahani
062154222
English Literature ‘06
Prose

Dear my diary,

This is my second married after all of the terror that Ed made. I know Ed very love me, but he use the wrong way to show his love. In that time, I must be bear for what he has done. I just don’t know why he do this to me, I’m his wife and why he treat me so bad? He tries to kill me, but I still love him. Although he always makes me sick, I can’t leave him alone. I still care to him, but when I meet Mel everything is changing. He is better than Ed, he love me and treat me with the right way. It’s very different with Ed. So I decide to leave Ed and make a new life of course a better life with Mel. In that time, Ed becomes mad and going crazy when he heard that I will marry with Mel. He always makes a terror for Mel and me but Mel ignore him although he was scared with that terror. Ed said that he will kill us, but on one day I heard that Ed decide to kill him self. I’m very sad hear that news because in the other side, I still love him because he used to be my husband. I know that he still love me until he decides to suicide. I don’t know what I have to do? I stand like this forever, I have to change this condition. Mel’s love always makes me save. Mel is a doctor and he’s very kind to me. He love me whatever I am. Sometimes he going mad and crazy, maybe he stress with his job and when he going crazy like that he start to talk about Ed again and again. He can’t accept for what Ed has done to me but I don’t care about it, now I life happier than before. And I hope this new life will be longer and happy ever after.

I think Terry’s love is Agape love. Because she love both of her husbands but she didn’t expect anything from them. She just want to living happy and care to them.