MONASH UNIVERSITY FACULTY HANDBOOKS

Arts Undergraduate Handbook 1996

Authorised by Academic Registrar, April 1996

ENH2775

Psychology and literature

I Pana

Synopsis The subject examines the relationships between the psychoanalytic writings of Freud and Jung and modern narrative styles in fiction and literary theory. It involves the study of themes, myths, psychological styles, authorial voices, as well as `symptoms' in both literary and critical texts. The focus will be on the ways in which psychology and literature employ interpretative readings of reality to construct character, dramatic conflict and power relationships in modern and contemporary literature.

Assessment Seminar paper (1500 words): 25% + Short essay (1500 words): 25% + Long essay (3000 words): 50%

Prescribed texts

• Freud S Case studies Penguin
• Jung C G Four archetypes Routledge
• Kristeva J Powers of horror Columbia U P
• Lawrence D H Sons and lovers Penguin
• Joyce J Ulysses Penguin
• White P Voss Penguin
• Surraute N Childhood Penguin
• Suskind P Perfume Penguin

Recommended texts

• Hillman J The dream and the underworld Harper and Row
• Lacan J The four fundamental concepts of psycho-analysis Penguin
• Derrida J Dissemination U Chicago P
• Skura M A The literary use of the psychoanalytic process Yale U P
• Wright E Psychoanalytic criticism: theory and practice Methuen