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Spring 2007
CWL 471 / 571 (sec D)
"Freud"
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Prof. Lilya Kaganovsky (lilya@uiuc.edu)
TuTh 3-4:20pm
1128 Foreign Languages Building
CRNs:
(G)
47167, (UG)
46007
A close study of the writings of Sigmund Freud, beginning with the 1895 volume, Studies on Hysteria. Emphasis will be placed on Freud's methodological contributions to the development of Western thought, on psychoanalysis as a critical and theoretical apparatus, and on Freud's value for literary studies.
Examples of the elaboration or application of Freudian methodology will include works by Melanie Klein, Jacques Lacan, Shoshana Felman, Peter Brooks, Kaja Silverman, and Slavoj Zizek. These theorists will help us to pose the question: what is a "Freudian" reading? Graduate requirements for the course are: attendance and participation, in-class presentation, final seminar paper.