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CS92PROD
Criticism and Psychoanalysis

ENGL 327
Spring 2024
Section: 01  
Crosslisting: RL&L 327, GRST 227
Course Cluster and Certificates: Social, Cultural, and Critical Theory Certificate

This course introduces some classical psychoanalytic methods of reading and interpretation, with accent on the four concepts Jacques Lacan identified as foundational: the unconscious, repetition, the transference, and the drive. We will approach psychoanalysis as a style of close reading whose influence on forms of interpretation--especially literary interpretation--has been immeasurable. One central concern will be the capacity of psychoanalysis to enable us to read ourselves reading, to make the interpretive situation itself the object of our analysis. Students with an interest in literary-critical methods will benefit from the course, as will students with an interest in the internal logic of an important body of thought.
Credit: 1 Gen Ed Area Dept: HA ENGL
Course Format: SeminarGrading Mode: Student Option
Level: UGRD Prerequisites: None
Fulfills a Requirement for: (ENGL)(FRST-MN)(FRST)
Past Enrollment Probability: 50% - 74%

Last Updated on OCT-13-2024
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