ENGL 40141 - Psychoanalysis and Literature

Institution:

University of Notre Dame

Subject:

English

Description:

This course examines psychoanalytic approaches to literature, with a focus on the Freudian tradition. We will begin by reading selections from Freud's writings on dreams, sexuality, creativity, and art, in connection with literary works, such as Poe's "The Purloined Letter," Henry James's "The Turn of the Screw," Arthur Conan Doyle's Sherlock Holmes stories, and Conrad's Heart of Darkness, which have inspired controversial psychoanalytic readings. Drama (e.g. Hamlet), and poetry (e.g. T.S. Eliot) will also be explored. In addition we will read selections from later psychoanalysts, such as Melanie Klein, Donald Winnicott, Jacques Lacan, and Adam Phillips, and literary theorists such as Slavoj Zizek, who have brought psychoanalysis and literature together in exciting new ways. At the end of the course we will turn our attention to psychoanalysis and film, focusing on Alfred Hitchcock's movies.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.nd.edu

Phone Number:

(574) 631-5000

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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