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Holland says, the psychoanalytic literary critic's primary job is to foreground that psychological element in what he or she says about books. In other words, the psychoanalytic critics should be interpreting their own, if you will, counter-transference to the text or whatever else they are describing.<ref name=Ref4/> | Holland says, the psychoanalytic literary critic's primary job is to foreground that psychological element in what he or she says about books. In other words, the psychoanalytic critics should be interpreting their own, if you will, counter-transference to the text or whatever else they are describing.<ref name=Ref4/> | ||
For example if the literary critic wants to apply the psychoanalytic approach to a specific | For example if the literary critic wants to apply the psychoanalytic approach to a specific piece of work or literature, the theory is applied directly to that character with the following the concepts:<ref name=Ref5/> | ||
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<li>Consider the author’s personality to explain and interpret a text | <li>Consider the author’s personality to explain and interpret a text | ||