2010-2011 Academic Catalog

Dec 21, 2024

2010-2011 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

PSYC 236 - Global Freud

This course provides an introduction to Freud’s thinking, especially on literary and cultural topics. Reading his writing in conjunction with literary texts from a variety of cultural backgrounds, we will focus on the ways in which authors, artists, musicians and film makers from around the world have used Freud’s insights and try to determine in what ways his thoughts translate globally. Besides Freud’s 1909 Clark lectures, we will read his writings on Oedipus, hysteria, repression, the uncanny, melancholia, religion and civilization. Alongside these works, we will read writings by such authors of world literature as Sophocles, Hoffmann, Jelinek, Puig and Mishima.

Cross Listed: GERM 220

Instructor: Mr. Tobin

When Offered: Offered in Fall 2009

Faculty: Robert D. Tobin, Ph.D. - Professor; Henry J. Leir Chair in Foreign Languages and Cultures