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1 Psychoanalytic Theory
psychoanalysis analyzes microstructures of power within the individual and within small-scale domestic environments. That is, it analyzes the interiority of the self and of the self's kinship systems. By analyzing the formation of the individual, however, psychoanalysis also helps us to understand the formation of ideology at large—and can therefore be extended to the analysis of various cultural and societal phenomena. Indeed, for this reason, psychoanalysis has been especially influential over the last two decades in culture studies and film analysis.

2 Strict morality (no special circumstances)
Rational Rational thought (balance between hedonism of Id and moralism of super-ego) Strict morality (no special circumstances) Only purpose: desire and pleasure  the word preconscious is applied to thoughts which are unconscious at the particular moment in question, but which are not repressed and are therefore available for recall and easily capable of becoming conscious. Unconscious phenomena have been held to include repressed feelings, automatic skills, unacknowledged perceptions, thoughts, habits and automatic reactions, complexes, hidden phobias and desires. Within psychoanalysis the cognitive processes of the unconscious are considered to manifest in dreams in a symbolical form Consciousness is a term that refers to the relationship between the mind and the world with which it interacts.[1] It has been defined as: subjectivity, awareness, the ability to experience or to feel, wakefulness, having a sense of selfhood, and the executive control system of the mind

3 Assumptions theory of human personality.
Theories concerned with unconscious mind. PA theory is universalist in scope Focus on psyche of author or characters elements including Id, Ego and Superego. Freud developed a language that described his theory of human personality. His theories are concerned with the nature of the unconscious mind. PA Theory is universalist in scope, positing patterns of behavior are not dependent on specific times, places, and cultures. PA Theory may focus on psyche of author, reader or characters in text. When using PA Lens, one should always analyze using Freud’s terms for personality elements including Id, Ego and Superego. The id is the unorganized part of the personality structure which contains the basic drives. The id acts according to the "pleasure principle", seeking to avoid pain or displeasure aroused by increases in instinctual tension The ego acts according to the reality principle; i.e. it seeks to please the id’s drive in realistic ways that will benefit in the long term rather than bringing grief.[13] At the same time, Nanda concedes that as the ego "attempts to mediate between id and reality, it is often obliged to cloak the Unconscious commands of the id  "The Super-ego can be thought of as a type of conscience that punishes misbehavior with feelings of guilt. For example, for having extra-marital affairs."[20] The super-ego works in contradiction to the id. The super-ego strives to act in a socially appropriate manner  "the It", "the I", and the "Over-I" (or "I above"); thus to the German reader, Freud's original terms are more or less self-explanatory

4 What To Do unresolved emotions, psychological conflicts, guilt or ambivalence in characters. author's background Character behavior Use Freudian terms in analysis dreams -symbolism -condensation -displacement Look for evidence of unresolved emotions, psychological conflicts, guilt or ambivalence in characters. Recognize the author's childhood traumas, family life, sexual conflicts and fixations in the behavior of the characters in the text. Identify psychological material expressed indirectly, disguised, or encoded (as in dreams) through principles such as: -symbolism (the repressed object represented in disguise) -condensation (several thoughts or persons represented in a single image) -displacement (defense mechanism in which there is a shift of emotions from the original object to a more acceptable substitute)

5 Big Question How is Freud’s structural model of personality illustrated in this text and to what effect?


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