CONTEMPORARY LITERARY CRITICISM
Unit III: Creative Writing and Day
Dreaming- Sigmund Freud
Sigmund Freud:
Sigmund Freud (6 May 1856-23 September 1939) was an Austrian
neurologist and the founder of psychoanalysis. He was born in Moravia
to Jewish parents. He has made significant contributions to
understanding the human mind. His life was in threat when the Nazi's
attached Austria to themselves. Freud lived and worked in Vienna
having set up his clinical practice there in 1886. Following the German
annexation of Austria in March 1938, Freud left Austria to escape Nazi
persecution. He died in exile in the United Kingdom in 1939. He has
contributed more to psychoanalytic theory. Some of his important works
include: studies in Hysteria, the Interpretation of dreams, the
psychopathology of everyday life, The Ego and the Id.
Summary:
Introduction:
I Sigmund Freud, the father of psychoanalysis, made significant
contributions to understanding the human mind, particularly regarding
the unconscious and its influence on behavior and creativity. "Creative
Writers and Day-Dreaming" was an informal talk given in 1907 by
Sigmund Freud, and subsequently published in 1908, on the relationship
