Psychoanalytic Theory
Psychoanalytic theory uses adapted concepts, theories and points of view tools of psychoanalysis to analyse human beings, cultural phenomena and cultural and social concepts and ideologies. Psychonalytic theory explores the construction of phenomena produced by complex and ambiguous desires. It can explore and reveal the hidden meanings, which phenomena have besides the obvious and visible meanings. The focus of the approach is usually phenomena related to the ego of the individual. Results of the analysis can be extended to form an explanation model or as a starting point of analysis of ideologies and broader cultural and social phenomena. Psychoanalytic theory is closely related to hermeneutics. Applied psychoanalytic theories are related to postmodern thinking.
Links to more information:
Psychoanalytic criticism. Oxford Reference. Oxford University Press.
Psychoanalytic literary criticism. Wikipedia, The Free Encyclopedia.