The difference between the face value of a bond and its selling price when the bond sells for more than face value. Bonds that give the issuer the right to call and retire the bonds prior to maturity. The face amount of a bond minus any unamortized discount, or plus any unamortized premium.
psychoanalytical criticism. an approach to criticism or a critical technique that applies the principles, theories and practices of psychoanalysis to literature, both in the analysis of the work and of the author.See also Freudianism.n approach to criticism or a critical technique that applies the principles, theories and practices of psychoanalysis to literature, both in the analysis of the work and of the author. See also Freudianism.
Also: a system of psychological theory associated with this method. Psychoanalytic theory is the theory of personality organization and the dynamics of personality development that guides psychoanalysis, a clinical method for treating psychopathology (Makworo, 2013).sychoanalytic theory is a major influence in Continental philosophy and in aesthetics in particular. Freud is considered to be a philosopher in some areas, and other philosophers, such as Jacques Lacan, Michel Foucault, and Jacques Derrida have written extensively on how psychoanalysis informs philosophical analysis.