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	Topics Psychoanalytic literary criticism Topic Home External links Charles Mauron: Psychocriticism In 1963, Charles Mauron conceives a structured method to analyse literary works. The study implies four different phases. 1) The creative process is akin to dreaming awake: as such, it is a mimeticMimesis Mimesis in its simplest context means imitation or representation in Greek.... , and catharticFacts About Cathartic In medicine, a cathartic is a substance which accelerates defecation.... , representation of an unconscious impulseImpulse In classical mechanics, the impulse of a force is the product of the force and the time during which it acts.... or desire that is best expressed and revealed by metaphors and symbols. 2) Then, the juxtaposition of a writer's works leads the critic to define symbolical themes. 3) These metaphorical networks are significant of a latent inner reality. 4) They point at an obsession just as dreams can do. The last phase consists in linking the writer's literary creation to his own personal life. The author cannot be reduced to a ratiocinating self: his own more or less traumaticPsychological trauma Psychological trauma is a type of damage to the psyche that occurs as a result of a traumatic event.... biographical past, the cultural archetypes that have suffused his "soul" ironically contrast with the conscious self, The chiasmic relation between the two tales may be seen as a sane and safe acting outActing out Acting out is a psychological term meaning to perform an action to express emotional conflicts.... . A basically unconsciousUnconscious mind In psychoanalytic theory, the unconscious refers to that part of mental functioning of which subjects make themselves unawar... sexual impulse is symbolically fulfilled in a positive and socially gratifying way, a process known as SublimationSublimation Sublimation has three separate meanings:... . Des métaphores obsédantes au mythe personnel : external link: http://www.jose-corti.fr/titreslesessais/des-metaphores-mauron.html