Psychoanalytic literary criticism is literary criticism or literary theory which, in method, concept, or form, is influenced by the tradition of psychoanalysis begun by Sigmund Freud. Psychoanalytic reading has been practiced since the early development of psychoanalysis itself, and has developed into a heterogeneous interpretive tradition. As Celine Surprenant writes, 'Psychoanalytic literary criticism does not constitute a unified field. However, all variants endorse, at least to a certain degree, the idea that literature... is fundamentally entwined with the psyche'. Psychoanalytic criticism views the artists, including authors, as neurotic. However, an artist escape many of the outward manifestations and end results of neurosis by finding in the act of creating his or her art a pathway back to saneness and wholeness. Overview The object of psychoanalytic literary criticism, at its very simplest, can be the psychoanalysis of the author or of a interesting character in a given work. The criticism is similar to psychoanal
La crítica psicoanalítica literaria es la crítica literaria o teoría literaria que, en método, concepto o forma, está influenciada por la tradición de la psicoanálisis iniciada por Sigmund Freud. La lectura psicoanalítica se ha practicado desde el desarrollo temprano de la propia psicoanálisis, y se ha desarrollado en una tradición interpretativa heterogénea. Como escribe Celine Surprenant, "La crítica psicoanalítica literaria no constituye un campo unificado. Sin embargo, todas las variantes apoyan, al menos en cierta medida, la idea de que la literatura... está fundamentalmente entrelazada con la psique". La crítica psicoanalítica ve a los artistas, incluidos los autores, como neuróticos. Sin embargo, un artista escapa a muchas de las manifestaciones externas y resultados finales de la neurosis al encontrar en el acto de crear su arte un camino de regreso a la sanidad y la salud.