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111-463 Dream Screen: Film and Psychoanalysis | |
Credit Points | 16.7 4th year |
Coordinator | Associate Professor Barbara Creed |
Semester | 1 |
Contact | A 2-hour seminar and a 2-hour screening each week |
Subject Description | A close study of film texts in relation to key psychoanalytic concepts with emphasis on Jungian archetypal theory; the Lacanian concept of the mirror phase; and Freudian theories of the dream work, sexual difference, primal scenes, and the uncanny. Students who complete this subject should: demonstrate an understanding of aspects of various psychoanalytic theories: Lacanian, Freudian, Jungian; demonstrate an ability to draw on psychoanalytic theories to interpret film texts and art works; demonstrate an ability to carry out close textual readings of film texts. |
Assessment | Written work which may comprise class papers, essays, visual tests or take-home examinations totalling about 6000 words. |
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