The discipline of literature-and-psychology explores literary
questions using psychology, often psychoanalytic psychology, but
other
psychologies as well. Literature-and-psychology addresses such
questions as, Why does this writer write the way he or she does?
Why do
different people read differently, as they do? How can we
understand
such-and-such a character or genre psychologically? The program
at the
University of Florida is particularly strong and extends toward the psychological study of other arts, such as film, visual arts, video, and so on.
IPSA, the Institute for Psychological Study
of the Arts, is the research and professional side of our
program. Please see the following:
