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Since its inception, psychoanalysis has experienced an oscillating and ambivalent reception, but its impact on culture is unequivocal. The unconscious, the Oedipus Complex, the fetish – these are the kinds of psychoanalytic concepts that gained steam in the cultural imaginary, giving birth to clichés and psychical insights alike. This course begins with Freud and traces how psychoanalytic discourse evolves through conceptual and methodological disagreements. We will explore intersections between psychoanalysis and twentieth- and twenty-first-century literature, visual art, and film. We will explore themes such as repetition, rupture, eroticism, horror, abjection, dreams, play, love, and hate.

(Offered jointly with ENGL 496)