Abstract
This essay considers Murray Bowen's family systems theory as an alternate psychological discourse by which to analyze literary texts. Using as a test case Philip Roth's When She Was Good and Portnoy's Complaint, this essay suggests that the theory's conception of family functioning allows for a nuanced reading of Roth's fiction specifically and of literature in general.
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