Psychoanalysis, fiction, and cure: between Fields Theory and Theory of Aesthetic Response

This study intends to propose a reflection on the power of literature and the human need for fiction based on a first dialogue between Fabio Herrmann ’ s Fields Theory and Wolfgang Iser ’ s Theory of Aesthetic Response. We seek to outline some links between the status assigned to fiction in Herrmann ’ s work and the discussion in Iser ’ s work about fiction and imagination, which leads to a literary anthropology. This is an initial study that points to future research from Herrmann ’ s idea of literature as an analogue of psychoanalysis. We propose, therefore, that the Theory of Aesthetic Response is a theoretical possibility for grounding that idea.

Source: Psicologia USP - July 10, 2017 Category: Psychiatry & Psychology Source Type: research