LITR 480a - Topics in Literary Theory:Psychoanalysis in Literature and Film

Institution:

Yale University

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Description:

Moira Fradinger. w 7-8.50 p.m. Hu (0) In-depth examination of a field of literary theory; topics change annually, and the course can be taken more than once. The topic for 2009 is concepts in psychoanalytic theory that bridge the clinical world, literary and critical theory, and film and gender studies. Foundational works by Freud and Lacan are considered together with literary and theoretical texts in order to explore the link between the arts and psychoanalytic theory. Concepts from the clinical field that have been imported into theories of culture, society, and the arts.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.yale.edu

Phone Number:

(203) 432-4771

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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