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What fundamental idea does psychoanalytic criticism hold about literary texts?

ALiterary texts are unlike dreams because they have a system of order and produce meaning.

BLiterary texts solely reflect an author’s intentions.

CLiterary texts should not be read as a projection of the author’s psyche.

DLiterary texts reveal secret elements of an author’s unconscious.

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D. Literary texts reveal secret elements of an author’s unconscious.

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