Freud's essay on "The Uncanny" can be said to have defined, for our century, what literary criticism once called the Sublime. ████ ████████████ ██ █ ██████ ██ ██ █ ████████████ █████ ██ ███████████████████████ ██ ██████████ ██ █████ █████████ ██ ██████ ████ ██ ████ ████ █████████ ███████ ██ █████ ████████████ ██ ████████ ███ ██ ██ █████ ██████████ █████ ███████ ███ ██████ ██ ███ ███████ ██ ███ ████████ ██ ███████ ██ ███ ████████████ ██ █████████ ████ ███ ██ ███ █████ ██ ███ ███ ██ ██ ███████ █████ ████ ███ ███████ ██████ ███ ███████ ███ █████ █ ██████ ██ █████████ ███████████ ██ ███ █████████ ███ ██ ████████ ██ ███ ███████ ███████ ██████████ █████ ██████ ███████████
Intro to Topic ·Freud's Sublime / uncanny
The Sublime is a sense of transcendence. We associate it with the uncanny. Mind over matter. Repression. I'm just going to pretend like I understand what Freud's talking about, like everyone else...
Bettelheim ·Fairy tales can be therapeutic for autistic children
Because a child's isolation, loneliness, and anxieties are addressed by fairy tales. When parents tell fairy tales to children, they are approving the fairy tales. Okay... wtf does this have to do with Freudian analysis? Are we just talking about something else now?
Bettelheim's Assumptions ·1. Children will interpret a story benignly and 2. Freudian interpretations will accurately represent children't interpretations
Passage Style
Single position
26.
Which one of the following ████ █████████ ███ ████████ ████████ ██████ ████████████ █████
Question Type
Author’s attitude
Implied
The author’s attitude is expressed in P3. She praises Bettelheim’s working, calling it “a splendid achievement” that’s “brimming with useful ideas and insights.”
This captures the author’s approval but is wrong about the reason for that approval. Bettelheim didn’t reject orthodox and reductive Freudian interpretations of fairy tales. In fact,he embraced them.
Wrong attitude. The author’s not appalled—she says that despite Bettelheim’s ignorance in this area, his work is excellent.
c
unimpressed with Bettelheim's ████████ ███████
Wrong attitude. The author is positive about Bettelheim’s work, not negative. Even if we take her comments about his ignorance of past literary analysis as a criticism of his research methods, her attitude is that despite that ignorance, his work is excellent.
d
skeptical of Bettelheim's █████ ████ █████ █████ ███ ███████████
Wrong attitude. The author is positive about Bettelheim’s work, not negative. And she never questions or critiques his conclusion that fairy tales are therapeutic.
e
appreciative of Bettelheim's ██████████████ ███ █████████ ████████
Strongly supported. The author thinks Bettelheim’s work is a praiseworthy accomplishment that offers many insights.
Difficulty
84% of people who answer get this correct
This is a difficult question.
It is slightly harder than the average question in this passage.
CURVE
Score of students with a 50% chance of getting this right
25%143
153
75%162
Analysis
Author’s attitude
Implied
Science
Single position
Answer Popularity
PopularityAvg. score
a
11%
164
b
1%
154
c
2%
158
d
3%
160
e
84%
169
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