Subjectivity: Psycho-literary Aspect

Subjectivity In some instances the "subject" will appear to be synonymous with the "individual", the "personal". In others - for example, in psychoanalytical discourse - it will take on a more specialized meaning and refer to the unconsciously structured illusion of plenitude which we usually call "the self". (Paul Smith, 1988) Emphasis on the role of language in the construction of identity The position of subject from which language is articulated, from which speech acts, thoughts …

…is called upon to interpret. Psychoanalysis, in other words, occupies the place of a subject, literature that of an object... (Shoshana Felman, 1982) However, she explains that psychoanalysis can also be interrogated by literature, as well as the other way round. Critic text witer Analyst patient There are things that the analyst/critic can find about himself or herself through questioning the patient/text. It is not only the patient/text that is subject to scrutiny.