Recurring Themes in Author’s Subconscious

Little more than a century has gone by after the firs t applications of psychoanalytic and psychological approaches to literary criticism, however, even in this relatively shorter span, these approaches have been able to open up new perspectives in the analysis and critique of literary texts. In an analysis of three collections of short s tories by the Persian writer (Shiva Moghanlou)that were published in a single volume titled The Wrong People , the author of this article, has attempted to analyze the influence of the writers subconscious on her writings, with a glance at a number of psychoanalytic literary criticism theories. This discussion revealed that the subconscious impact is manifes ted in recurring themes, techniques, metaphors and other features of the text. Among the mos t frequent themes in the writer’s s tories, one can mention the idea of human body, fearful and mys terious plots, revengeful romances, love, and loneliness. In terms of techniques, one could point to the pos tmodern playfulness, ambiguity, and word games included in the writing of the s tories.