Reading Freud and Jung
Walter Veit
8 or 12 points
* 3 hours per week
* First semester
*
Clayton
Objectives Students who have successfully completed this subject should have become familiar with a number of seminal texts of two different schools of psychoanalysis, their importance for a critical understanding of modern society, and their application in scholarship of literature and culture.
Synopsis This subject offers an introduction to the theories of Freud and Jung, based on a close reading of seminal texts. The key concepts of Freud's psychoanalysis will be examined, including the unconscious and its role in mental life, sexual theory and the structure of the personality, the interpretation of dreams, the critique of civilisation and religion. Jung's analytic psychology develops from his break with Freud. The subject will examine Jung's understanding of the personal and collective unconscious, dreams, archetypes and symbols, the structure of the psyche, psychological types, modern man and religion. As well as exploring the application of psychoanalysis to literature, the arts and social psychology, the logic and limits of psychoanalytical interpretations will be considered.
Assessment (8 points) Two class papers (1000 words each): 20%
*
Essay (3000 words): 60%
* A commentary under examination conditions (1
hour/1000 words): 20%
Assessment (12 points) Two class papers (1000 words each): 20%
* Two
essays (3000 words): 30% each
* A commentary under examination conditions
(1 hour, 1000 words): 20%
* Third-year students will be required to
undertake additional designated reading.
Prescribed texts
Campbell J (ed.)The portable Jung Penguin, 1976
Freud S The essentials of psycho-analysis Penguin, 1991
Freud S Civilisation, society and religion (Penguin Freud Library vol. 12) Penguin, 1991
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