Which school of theory believes that art reflects the artist's unconscious desires and fears?

psycholanalytic criticism

feminist criticism

formalism

structuralism

I'd say the answer is 'psychoanalytic criticism', because it was developed by Freud, who was the world's most famous neurologist and dealt with the unconscious quite a lot.

The correct answer is psychoanalytic criticism.

This theory was influenced by Sigmund Freud's studies about the mind, both unconscious and conscious. According to this criticism, which studies the artist's psyche, everything can affect his or her art, especially if it is something they are not actually aware of - something deep down, unconscious, which comes to the surface during dreams, or inspiration.