Freudian fable
K Hart
8 points * 2 hours per week * Second semester * Clayton
This subject seeks to introduce students to the dialogue between literature and psychoanalysis. It has two broad aims: (i) to see how Freudian analysis helps to interpret dreams and by extension to read literary texts; and (ii) to understand how Freud's most famous case studies themselves work as literary narratives. A detailed study will be made of Freud's `Wolf-Man' case and the discourses surrounding it.
Assessment
Two essays (3000 words each): 50% each
Prescribed texts
Freud S The interpretation of dreams Penguin
Freud S Case histories 2 Penguin
Gardiner M (ed.) The Wolf-Man by the Wolf-Man Hill and Wang