Group+9


 * Ben Voss**
 * Kyrsten Nelson**
 * Ashleigh Paul**
 * Criticisms Defined:**
 * Psychoanalytic Criticism -This type of criticism is pretty self-explanatory--it's the application psychological principles to the characters and situations presented in a text and to the author him or herself. Sometimes it also analyzes what psychological effect a text is meant to have upon its reader. Psychoanalysis comes from the 1930s. Its most famous theorist was Sigmund Freud, though you may also recognize the names Jacques Lacan and Carl Jung.

﻿﻿media type="youtube" key="lkAXsR5WINc?fs=1" height="300" width="419" Freud's Triumverate ** Id: ** the unconscious part of the mind. This part houses fears, desires, etc. and we cannot control it. Our id sometimes "acts out" in ways we don't intend--often against the superego. ** Ego: ** the part of the mind that acts as a mediator/middleman between the id and the superego. Some theorists believe that we can control this part of our minds at least partially. ** Superego: ** the part of the mind sometimes thought of as the conscience. This part censors our behavior to adhere to social norms. ||
 * Rhetorical Criticism -Rhetorical criticism, which came into broad use in the 1980s, doesn’t refer to any one theory. All literary criticism is rhetorical criticism—critics are required to analyze the // rhetoric // of any given text. For the purposes of this discussion, however, I will narrow rhetorical criticism to refer to the analysis of a text’s // argument //, and how it persuades an audience.Rhetoric is, in a sense, a study of the appropriateness and effectiveness of communication. Many critics believe that communication is, in essence, argumentation—when we communicate, we seek to convince another person to see our side. Rhetoric is all around us: in speeches, in advertisements, in TV shows, and even (maybe especially) in literature. Just because a text is fiction doesn’t mean it isn’t trying to communicate something.

media type="youtube" key="aizEzYlQIO8?fs=1" height="367" width="441" || __**Comparisons:**__ __﻿__ __**Differences:**__
 * Both critics use the main characters past events to shape their future responses to situations.
 * These critics use such methods as themes, imagery and symbolism to convey the text.
 * Where psychoanalytical criticsm focuses mainly on the unconcious mind (Freud). Rhetorical criticism is very broad where all texts are considered valid arguements.
 * Rhetorical criticism is arguement based where as psychoanalytical criticism focuses on the interpretation of the individual.
 * Psychoanalytical criticism is the manifestation of the authors psychological issues, where rhetorical criticism believes that there is a correct interpretation of the text.