Nina Cornyetz Office: 1 Washington Place Room 606. Office hours: By appointment only, Tuesday 2-6; Wednesday 11-12

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1 Nina Cornyetz Office: 1 Washington Place Room 606 Office hours: By appointment only, Tuesday 2-6; Wednesday Psychoanalysis Beyond Freud IDSEM-UG.1843 Spring 2016 Monday and Wednesday 12:30-1:45 GCASL Room 361 This course looks beyond Sigmund Freud to the expansion of psychoanalytic studies in a sampling of diverse fields of application and engagement, as well as some later psychoanalytic schools. We will ask: how have theorists expanded psychoanalytic methodologies to think about semiotics, visual, literary and historical studies, as well as race, politics and more? We will also explore how later psychoanalytic schools modified Freud s drive-based therapy with object relations and ego psychology. Readings will include texts by: Melanie Klein, Jacques Lacan, Slavoj Zizek, Peter Brooks. Course Requirements: 3 Papers - paper one, 4-6 pages (10%) - paper two, 5-7 pages (15%) - paper three, pages (25%) 50% Final Presentations 10% Attendance and Participation 10% Student directed discussion topics (2 students per class) 30% (about 5X per class per student) Unexcused absences will negatively impact your grade. Late papers will be accepted, but progressively penalized for tardiness. Course Objectives: To familiarize students with the developments of psychoanalysis after Freud. Attention will be paid to the use of psychoanalysis in a variety of academic fields as well as adaptations and transformations to it as a therapeutic tool. Statement on Plagiarism Plagiarism means: presenting as your own someone else s words, ideas, opinions, and/or argument. You must be sure to cite your sources, include a bibliography, and use quotation marks when you incorporate another person s words or language verbatim. This includes buying a paper! Cases of suspected plagiarism will be referred to the Dean for disciplinary action(s).

2 Students are required to bring a copy of the assigned readings to class. No laptops or other devices allowed in class exceptions will be announced. Required Books: Bruce Fink, Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Technique Mary Kelly, Imaging Desire Christopher Lane, ed. The Psychoanalysis of Race Juliet Mitchell, ed. Selected Melanie Klein Toril Moi, ed. The Kristeva Reader Slavoj Zizek, The Plague of Fantasies Required Articles and book chapters: all on NYU Classes Leo Bersani, Sociality and Sexuality Peter Brooks, Fictions of the Wolfman Peter Brooks, Freud s Masterplot Dominick LaCapra, Holocaust Testimonials Rey Chow, The Dream of a Butterfly, Nina Cornyetz, Fundamentals of Freud. Nina Cornyetz, The Lacanian Frame, Michel de Certeau, The Freudian Novel Tim Dean, Transcending Gender Sigmund Freud, Analysis Terminable and Interminable Sigmund Freud, Female Sexuality Sigmund Freud, Some Psychological Consequences of the Anatomical Distinction Between the Sexes. Richard King, Memory and Fantasy. Jacques Lacan, The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious Jacques Lacan, The Mirror Stage as Formative of the Function of the I Adam Phillips, Close-ups Jacqueline Rose, Sexuality in the Field of Vision, selections D.W. Winnicott, Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena

3 SCHEDULE PART ONE: THE FIELD OF PSYCHOANALYSIS January 25, Monday: Introduction Freud 101 Module 1: Object Relations January 27, Wednesday: Analyzing Children Readings: Finish Cornyetz, Fundamentals of Freud ; (NYU Classes) Juliet Mitchell, ed. Selected Melanie Klein, February 1, Monday: Focus on Ego Reading: Juliet Mitchell, ed. Selected Melanie Klein, ; King, Memory (NYU Classes) February 3, Wednesday: Types of Objects Readings: D.W. Winnecott, Transitional Objects and Transitional Phenomena (NYU Classes) Module 2: Technique February 8, Monday: Listening, Questioning, Interpreting Readings: Bruce Fink, Fundamentals of Psychoanalytic Technique, February 10, Wednesday: no class (Professor out of town) No class February 15, Monday, President s Day February 17, Wednesday: Dreams and Transference Readings: Bruce Fink, Fundamentals, ; February 22, Monday: Terminating analysis Readings: Freud, Analysis Terminable and Interminable (NYU Classes) Paper One Due Tuesday Feb 23, 12:00 midnight, in docx. format ed to NCornyetz@gmail.com Please note: this is an I use exclusively for papers. Do not mail questions to this , and do not mail papers to my other please. Module 3: Language/Semiotics February 24, Wednesday: The Literal Unconscious Readings: Cornyetz, The Lacanian Frame ; Jacques Lacan, The Mirror Stage (NYU Classes) February 29, Monday: Metaphor and Metonomy Readings: Jacques Lacan, The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious (NYU Classes)

4 March 2, Wednesday: Lack Readings: Finish Lacan, The Instance of the Letter in the Unconscious March 7, Monday: Poetic Language Readings: Julia Kristeva, Revolution in Poetic Language, in The Kristeva Reader. PART TWO: PSYCHOANALYTIC APPLICATIONS Module 4: Politics, Ideology March 9, Wednesday: Jouissance and evil Readings: Slavoj Zizek, Love Thy Neighbor? No Thanks! In The Plague of Fantasies Week of March 14 spring break, no classes March 21, Monday: Fascism Reading: Slavoj Zizek, Fascism and its Vicissitudes, In The Plague of Fantasies Module 5: Race / Ethnicity March 23, Wednesday: Race Readings: Christopher Lane, The Psychoanalysis of Race: An Introduction, in The Psychoanalysis of Race, 1-20; David Marriott, Bonding Over Phobia, in The Psychoanalysis of Race, March 28, Monday: The Chinese phallus Reading: Rey Chow, The Dream of a Butterfly, (NYU Classes) Paper Two Due March 29, Tuesday, 12:00 midnight, in docx. format ed to NCornyetz@gmail.com Please note: this is an I use exclusively for papers. Do not mail questions to this , and do not mail papers to my other please. Module 6: Women March 30, Wednesday: What do Women Want? Readings: Freud, Female Sexuality and Some Psychological Consequences of the Anatomical Distinction Between the Sexes. (NYU Classes) April 4, Monday: Female Sexuality Readings: Jacqueline Rose, Sexuality in the Field of Vision, selections

5 Module 7: Visual Cultures April 6, Wednesday: Art 1 Readings: Mary Kelly, Imaging Desire, selections April 11, Monday: Art 2 Readings: Mary Kelly, Imaging Desire, selections Module 8: Literature and History April 13, Wednesday: Death Drive Readings: Peter Brooks, Freud s Masterplot (NYU Classes) April 18, Monday: The Wolfman Readings: Peter Brooks, Fictions of the Wolfman (NYU Classes) April 20, Wednesday: Freud as Literature Readings: Michel de Certeau, The Freudian Novel (NYU Classes) April 25, Monday: History as Screen Memory; The fiction of history Readings: Adam Phillips, Close-ups (NYU Classes); LaCapra, Holocaust Testimonials Module 9: Queer Theory April 27, Wednesday: And Homosexual Desire Readings: Leo Bersani, Sociality and Sexuality (NYU Classes) May 2, Monday: Beyond Gender Readings: Tim Dean, Transcending Gender (NYU Classes) May 4, Wednesday: Student Final Presentations May 9, Monday: Student Final Presentations Final Paper Due May 10, Tuesday, 12:00 midnight, in docx. format ed to NCornyetz@gmail.com Please note: this is an I use exclusively for papers. Do not mail questions to this , and do not mail papers to my other please.

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