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FILM 452 Psychoanalysis and Film 3 Credits
It is often observed that the institutions of psychoanalysis and cinema are roughly the same age. This course investigates the ways in which film theory and criticism have been influenced by psychoanalysis and explores the ways in which psychoanalytic theories have informed cinema, either through film form or through plotting and characterization. The course will provide a working understanding of fundamental psychoanalytic concepts and will offer exercise in psychoanalytical film analysis. Each lecture will begin by the screening of a film, proceed by discussing a psychoanalytic concept and conclude by a focus on the intersection points of the readings and the films. By the end of the course, the students will be able to develop their own ideas about film in relation to these theories and apply them to further examples.
Last Offered Terms Course Name SU Credit
Summer 2010-2011 Psychoanalysis and Film 3
Summer 2006-2007 Psychoanalysis and Film 3
Fall 2005-2006 Psychoanalysis and Film (VA452) 3
Summer 2004-2005 Psychoanalysis and Film (VA452) 3
Prerequisite: __
Corequisite: __
ECTS Credit: 6 ECTS (6 ECTS for students admitted before 2013-14 Academic Year)
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