Academic study of Freud, Klein, and Lacan alongside literature, from Shakespeare to Holmes, framed by critical and queer theory.
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Academic study of Freud, Klein, and Lacan alongside literature, from Shakespeare to Holmes, framed by critical and queer theory.
'Literature and Psychoanalysis' looks at Freud, Melanie Klein and Lacan, to explain their key concepts, and to suggest why they are essential in the study of literature.
will contain mild spoilers
Theoretical discussion of sexuality, desire, and Freudian concepts
Brief literary examples of violence in texts like Shakespeare
No profanity present
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Queer theory and gender studies discussed in theoretical context
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No fantasy magic present
No occult or demonology content present
Engages Derrida, Foucault, Žižek, gender studies, and queer theory
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Psychoanalytic trauma and suffering themes in theory and texts
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