1. Psychoanalytic Approaches to Literature
Structure of the Mind, Child Development & Oedipus Complex
Dream and Sexual Symbols
Psychological Diseases

2. Psychological problems
Undue repression of our desires
Conflict in our psyche between ego and id
Defense Mechanisms
Breakup:
Psychosis
Neurosis-- symptoms which
at once protect against
the unconscious desire
and covertly express it.
e.g. compulsive smoking

3. Neuroses
1. as a Disorder: Neuroses are characterized by such symptoms as anxiety, insecurity, depression, and unreasonable fears. Neurotic disorders seldom disable a person totally. Individuals who have a neurotic disorder recognize the symptoms as unacceptable and strange.
2.as a psychological mechanism: the process begins with an unconscious conflict between opposing desires or between a desire and a prohibition.

4. Psychosis
The link between the ego and the external world is ruptured, and the unconscious begins to build up an alternative, delusional reality

5. Problems caused in different stages: Fixation & regression
A. Orals - have problems with dependency needs
B. Anals - have problems with aggression - either overcontrol or undercontrol.
C. Phallics - have problems with sex & sexual identity

6. Possible applications of Psychoanalysis
journey to the unconscious: studying the unconscious motives of the author, or the characters.
Oedipus complex, Oedipus drama in a family
Dream analysis or analysis of sexual symbols
Defense mechanisms, or psychological diseases