Psychoanalytic Literary Criticism: Using Holland’s DEFT Model as a Reader Response Tool in the Language Classroom

Language students tend to struggle with literature because they find psychological and socio-cultural implications embedded in literary texts difficult to understand and discuss (Kramsch, 1996). This paper suggests that psychoanalytic literary criticism may offer a reading framework that could mitig...

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Main Author: Lubie Grujicic-Alatriste
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: University of Edinburgh 2013-06-01
Series:Language and Psychoanalysis
Online Access:http://www.language-and-psychoanalysis.com//article/view/1598