Psychoanalysis II

Numbering Code U-HUM11 11509 LE34
U-HUM11 11509 LE46
Year/Term 2022 ・ Second semester
Number of Credits 2 Course Type Lecture
Target Year From 1st to 4th year students Target Student
Language English Day/Period Tue.3
Instructor name TAJAN,Nicolas Pierre (Graduate School of Human and Environmental Studies Program-Specific Associate Professor)
Outline and Purpose of the Course This course introduces psychoanalysis through one of Jacques Lacan's most famous works. We will read, explain, and comment Jacques Lacan's return to Freud by focusing on a case study of paranoia: Schreber. Some crucial aspects of Lacanian doctrine will be explained, including his approach to linguistics and subjectivity; the three orders; and the four discourses.
Course Goals To provide you with a general introduction to and understanding of Lacanian psychoanalytical theory and practice.
To increase your psychoanalytical knowledge through one of the most debated case studies in the history of mental medicine.
To help you develop your analytical and critical thinking regarding the founding principles, major notions, and applications of psychoanalysis.
Schedule and Contents 1) Introduction
2) Metaphor, Metonymy and Primacy of the Signifier I
3) Metaphor, Metonymy and Primacy of the Signifier II
4) The Paternal Metaphor and Subjectivity I
5) The Paternal Metaphor and Subjectivity II
6) The Seminar of Jacques Lacan : The Psychoses I
7) The Seminar of Jacques Lacan : The Psychoses II
8) The Seminar of Jacques Lacan : The Psychoses III
9) The Seminar of Jacques Lacan : The Psychoses IV
10) The Three orders: Imaginary, Symbolic, Real I
11) The Three orders: Imaginary, Symbolic, Real II
12) The four discourses I
13) The four discourses II
14) Conclusion
15) Final test + feedback
Evaluation Methods and Policy Students are expected to actively participate to discussion and read Freud's five case studies. Evaluation is based on the following: Attendance and participation (30%), 2 written responses at beginning of class 6 and 10 (30%), final test (40%).
Course Requirements None
Study outside of Class (preparation and review) Students do not have homework assignements. However, they are advised to take notes during class and to review the course material before written responses and final test.
Textbooks Textbooks/References Relevant material is distributed in class.
References, etc. Introduction to the Reading of Lacan: The Unconscious Structured Like a Language, Dor, Joel, (New York, Other Press,2001)
Psycho-Analytic Notes on an Autobiographical Account of a Case of Paranoia (Dementia Paranoides)(1911), Sigmund Freud, (The Complete Psychological Works of Sigmund Freud)
The Psychoses 1955-1956 (SEMINAR OF JACQUES LACAN), Jacques Lacan, (W. W. Norton & Company, 1997)
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