ENG 117 Psychoanalysis and Literature

Key concepts in psychoanalysis -- such as the Oedipus Complex -- were inspired by literary narratives, and psychoanalysis is itself a compelling story about what makes all of us tick. Special emphasis will be placed on the political stakes of psychologically based modes of interpretation, as we trace how Freud's revolutionary model of the mind as a site of conflict evolves into a series of urgent questions about gender, sexuality, colonialism, and political power writ large. [H, GM1]

Instructor

Wadiak