PSYCHOLOGICAL
APPROACH
Study Materials for MPhil students of Indian Universities
Dr. S. Sreekumar
1.
Aims and Principles
ÖOf
all the critical approaches to literature, this has been one of the most
controversial, the most abused and the least appreciated.
ÖThe
crucial limitation of the psychological approach is its aesthetic inadequacy.
ÖIt
can seldom account for the beautiful symmetry of a well-wrought poem or of a
fictional masterpiece.
A.
Abuses and misunderstandings of the Psychological approach
