Postgraduate Course: The Screen and the Unconscious: Film and Psychoanalysis (CNST11058)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Health in Social Science |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Counselling Studies |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This course will specifically explore key psychoanalytic ideas articulated in the work of Freud, Klein and Lacan and feminist cultural theorists; these include the unconscious, the dream, phantasy, the return of the repressed, sex and desire, the loss of the object, the audience as voyeur. Using the film as a case study students will enhance their critical and analytic skills and their theoretical understanding. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 2, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: None |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
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| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
Learning outcomes
By the end of the course students should be able to:
- critically analyse of key concepts in the work of Freud, Klein and Lacan
- critically appraise feminist cultural theorists and their relationship to psychoanalysis
- conceptualise and analyse key psychoanalytic ideas in relation to film
- use film to illuminate psychoanalytic theory
- explore the subjective experience of film through a psychoanalytic lense
- relate psychoanalytic thinking to cultural activities.
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Assessment Information
One 4,000 to 5,000 word assignment asking students to critically reflect upon aspects of a specific film drawing upon psychoanalytic literature and subjective experience.
Assignments are assessed in relation to the following criteria:-
- capacity to conceptualise, explore and analyse one or more of the key themesexplored on the course
- capacity to critically use psychoanalytic ideas in relation to film
- capacity to link critical analysis of film to self
- written presentation skills including use of English, structure of essay, citation of sources and technical accuracy of presentation.
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Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
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| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
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| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Ms Judith Fewell
Tel: (0131 6)51 6230
Email: Judith.Fewell@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Miss Sue Larsen
Tel: (0131 6)51 6671
Email: Sue.Larsen@ed.ac.uk |
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