Feminist Psychoanalytic Criticism

Feminist Psychoanalytic Criticism explores how unconscious beliefs, shaped by cultural and gender norms, influence women's experiences and identities. It combines feminist ideas with psychoanalytic theories to analyze literature, art, and society, revealing how gender roles and power dynamics are internalized and reflected in personal and cultural narratives. This approach aims to uncover and challenge assumptions that keep gender inequalities in place, fostering greater understanding of how gendered identities develop and operate beneath conscious awareness.