Write a psychological criticism of a genre or the works of an author, in which you will
address the answers to at least some of the following questions:

a) What connections can you make between your knowledge of an author s life and
the behavior and motivations of characters in his/her work

b) How does your understanding of the characters, their relationships, their actions,
and motivations in the literary work help you better understand the mental world
and imaginative life, or the actions and motivations, of the author

c) How does a particular literary work-its images, metaphors, and other linguistic
elements-reveal the psychological motivations of its characters or the psychological
mindset of its author

d) What kinds of literary works and what types of characters seem best suited to a
critical approach that utilizes a psychological or psychoanalytical perspective Why