Critical Social Inquiry 0287 - Meeting Lacan

In this course students will learn Lacanian psychoanalysis through several different experiences with reading theory and formulating their responses: through plays, an exegesis of poetry, and the construction of a fictive analytic case. Students will read primary literature on psychoanalysis, including selected texts by Freud and Lacan, as well as a gloss on these texts in the secondary literature. Because this reading is dense and difficult, students will also learn a method of reading closely that involves the use of a Lacanian dictionary to investigate key terms. This course is appropriate for students with Div II status and a previous college level class in psychoanalysis. Instructor permission required.

Writing and Research Prerequisite: Div II Status and one previous course in psychoanalysis. Students are expected to spend 6-8 hours weekly on work and preparation outside of class time.