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The History of Literature

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Freud's Symbol of the Red Car

Freud: Writers are victims of impulses they themselves have repressed. Critic is the hero, unmasking what's really going on with this writer or character. If you follow freud, this makes sense - it means interpretation is always correct and can't be proven wrong. There's no way to falsify it. Even if even the author says, no, that car is red because i like the color red.

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