COD 2008 - S303

Psychoanalytical Criticism

Literature Teachers at Secondary or Tertiary Level.

1 sessions, start: 27-Sep

Course detail

Year: 2008
Level: Secondary
Language: English
Status: Ended
Lugar: ESSARP - Deheza 3139, CABA
Facilitator/s: Ms. Verónica Storni Fricke
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ARS 45.00

Sessions

Sessions Dates Start Finish
1 27 September 2008 09:00 am 12:00 pm

Facilitator/s

Verónica Storni Fricke

Verónica Storni Fricke is now doing her doctorate studies on feminist criticism of Shakespeare's plays at UBA, Filosofía y Letras. She is a graduate English teacher from IES en Lenguas Vivas, specialized in English Literature. Licenciada en Inglés from Universidad Nacional del Litoral. Tenured Lecturer in the Seminar "Shakespeare and Feminism" at IES en Lenguas Vivas. IB English teacher at Tarbut College and Instituto Ballester Schule.
Literature Teachers at Secondary or Tertiary Level.
- To seek the updating of the participants' teaching practice. - To reflect upon the contributions of this theory to the study of the meaning of literary texts and to the approach to literature. - To identify the theoretical framework of different pieces of literary criticism in the light of the knowledge gained. - To consider the possible implementation of these theories in the literature class. - To open the possibility of the elicitation of students' responses to the texts and to their realities which may show awareness of the contribution of these theories.
- Freud's contributions to literary studies. The Oedipus Complex. The Id, the superego and the ego. Hysteria and neurosis. Eros and Thanatos. - Lacan: the linguistic structure of the unconscious. The mirror stage. Signifier and signified. - Bloom: the canon and "the anxiety of influence". - Kristeva: the "I" as the site of desire. The Semiotic order. Abjection. The body. - Cultural Studies: relationship between these theories and reception theory, gender studies, postmodernism and postcolonialism.
Group Work: - Study and discussion of this theory. - Reflection upon the pedagogical implications of this theory. - Analysis of criticism to show examples of this approach to literature. - Reflection on the contributions of these theories to modern criticism and to the study of literary texts.
Bloom, H. (1999) Shakespeare: the Invention of the Human. London. Fourth Estate. Bradford, R. (1993) The State of Theory. London: Routledge. Eagleton, T. (1983) Literary Theory. An Introduction. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers. Freud, S. and Lacan, J. (2007) Obras completas de Freud y Lacan. Ediciones Digitales Reunir. Buenos Aires. Kristeva, J. (1999) El genio femenino, la vida, la locura, las palabras: tomos 1 y 2. Paidós. Kristeva, J. (1998) Sentido y sinsentido de la revuelta. Literatura y psicoanálisis. Eudeba. Lodge, D. (ed.) (1988) Modern Criticism and Theory. A Reader. New York: Longman. Newton, K. M. (1988) Twentieth Century Literary Theory. London: Macmillan. Schwarz, D. (ed.) (1994) James Joyce. The Dead. Case Studies in Contemporary Criticism. Boston: Bedford Press. Storni Fricke, V. (2003) "Gender Studies and Shakespeare's Plays" in Herald Education News. 2nd Year. 23rd Issue: April. Buenos Aires Herald: Buenos Aires. Storni Fricke, V. (2003) "The Medusa Myth And Fear of Woman. A.S. Byatt's Possession, Plath's "Medusa" and la femme fatale in Literature. (2003) in Herald Education News. 3rd Year. 28th Issue: September. Buenos Aires Herald: Buenos Aires. Storni Fricke, V. (2002) "Doris Lessing's Martha Quest. Point of View and the Role of Culture" in Herald Education News. 2nd Year. 19th Issue: November-December. Buenos Aires Herald: Buenos Aires.
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