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Psychoanalysis has also left its mark on literature both by inspiring works of fiction that incorporate aspects of psychoanalysis and or psychoanalytic theory and by serving as the basis for psychoanalytic literary criticism in which literature is critiqued through the lens of psychoanalytic theory. The basic tenets of psychoanalysis the basic tenets of psychoanalysis include the following first human behavior experience and cognition are largely determined by irrational drives those drives are largely unconscious attempts to bring those drives into awareness meet psychological resistance in the form of defense mechanisms. Freud discussed this model in the 1920 essay beyond the pleasure principle and elaborated upon it in the the ego and the id 1923 the id according to freud the id is the completely unconscious impulsive and demanding part of the psyche that as a child allows us to get our basic needs met this part of the psyche operates on . Theorist main components of his theory 90 words minimum significant differences between the two 90 words minimum freud freuds psychoanalytic theory of personality argues that human behavior is the result of interactions among three component parts of the mind id ego and superego