Is psychoanalysis a heresy?

[Inna Caron]

Dear SEELANGers,

I subscribe to another list serve, namely, Psychology and the Arts, and
in the last couple of weeks I have been following a fascinating
discussion: apparently, attempts at psychoanalytical interpretation are
met with much resistance, if not downright hostility, in the field of
English literature. The student experiences are particularly traumatic,
as they range from getting a D for the paper to being shut up by the
professor's order to "stop this nonsense."

I have to say, I did not notice any negativity surrounding
psychoanalytical approach in Russian literary studies. Is our field more
eclectic when it comes to interpretive techniques, or is psychoanalysis
becoming the thing of the past?

Inna Caron
Ohio State

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