Psychological Criticism In The Wife's Story By Ursula K. Le Guin

{No intro yet or conclusion}Psychological criticism is a method in which reading as dictated by Freud is applied to analyse texts, as Freud argues that the main argument to this theory is that texts such as dreams present unconscious desires of the author. Ursula K. Le. Guin is best known “for inventing fantasy worlds and uncommon experiences in such a way that readers can see themselves in the stories’ reflections,” as X.J Kennedy and Dana Gioia pointed out. Le. Guin demonstrates this in “The Wife’s Story,” by arguing that animals are the human subconscious. Freud proves it with his theory because the reader is critically read and discover what is and is not being said directly, therefore, impacting human behavior notions by exploring new and controversial areas.Through the understanding of psychological criticism, it is easier to understand the operation of language and symbols. For example, as Le Guin wrote in her short story, “The Wife’s Story” ,“ Always it happens in the dark of the moon. When everybody’s home asleep. Something comes over the one that’s got the curse in his blood, they say, and he gets up because he can’t sleep, and …show more content…
Which makes sense considering women authors had to keep it on the low or publish with a different name in order not to go against society’s norms. We can see this in the beginning of “ A Room of One’s Own by Virginia Woolf, “Call me Mary Beton, Mary Seton, Mary Carmichael or any other name you please—it is not a matter of importance.”(17) Men throughout time had misogyny but that did not keep women from writing. What we see in “The Wife’s Story is that a woman is going to play a big role in the story. In this short story we see the female phase being shown, the experiences of the wife telling the