Essential Question:
WHAT ARE THE BASIC ELEMENTS OF PSYCHOLOGICAL LITERARY CRITICISM AND HOW CAN IT BE APPLIED TO LITERARY TEXTS?
Mini-Lesson: Prezi
presentation about Psychological Criticism (25 minutes):
Freud, Jung and Kohlberg
(Moral) (25 minutes)
See previous post of Prezi
1. Discuss the following basic questions
to use with Psychological Criticism.
Freudian Criticism
(Psychoanalytic):
What can we learn about the
psychology, the workings of the mind and behavior from the literary text? What is its psychological appeal to
readers? What psychological issues does
it explore? What might the text reveal
about the psychology of the author, or the author’s society, or our society
today? What models of human mind or
psychology might help us understand the text better?
Jungian Criticism (Archetypes):
What mythic elements of
archetypal patterns—themes, characters,settings, symbols imagery, plots,
genres, or versions of the hero’s quest—are employed in this literary
work? What do they contribute to the
work as a whole? Does knowledge of these elements add anything to an
understanding of the work? Does the workaddd
anything to an understanding of archetypes?
Does the work subvert or deconstruct any archetypes
Kohlberg (Moral):
What appears to be the theme or
main moral issue being explored in this literary work? Has the author offered moral dilemmas in
their full complexity? Does the work
demand empathy and the enlargement of readers’ moral imaginations? Are characters complicated, multidimensional
and unstereotyped? Does the text help us understand others more deeply,
particularly those with perspectives and backgrounds different than our own?
2. Introduction
to the activities for Day 2. Work in their literary groups to
apply the critical lenses/approaches of
psychological criticism to their specific novel as they work on their group
presentations. (15-20 minutes)
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