A psychoanalytical approach to film: an introduction

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    London

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One-day introductory course on psychoanalysis for film interpretation, exploring works by directors including Darren Aronofsky, Stanley Kubrick and David Lynch. Freudian and Lacanian themes will be identified in cinema, engendering a more enriched viewing experience.BIOGRAHICAL DETAILS:Mary Wild is a film lecturer with an academic background in psychoanalytic theory. Her research interests include cinematic representation of identity, the unconscious, neoliberal economics and auteur studies (e.g., David Lynch, Lars von Trier, and Stanley Kubrick). In addition to teaching at City Lit, Mary is a regular speaker at the Freud Museum and Shoreditch House.

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Keeley Street, Covent Garden, WC2B 4BA

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About this course

-Understand the relationship between psychoanalysis and cinema
-Learn film interpretation methods to approach cinema in a deep and investigative way
-Discover the work of film directors that represent Freudian themes and motifs.

There are no additional costs beyond the enrolment fee. Material for taking notes will suffice for sessions.

Psychoanalytic terms will be taught in an inclusive, accessible and engaging way with the help of bespoke PowerPoint slides and video montages. Group discussion will be encouraged, and there will be no assignments outside of class.

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  • Cinema

Course programme

In this introductory interactive lecture/film course, you will learn to look at cinema in a unique way: by applying psychoanalytic concepts to various cinematic motifs. Techniques will be taught to observe and deconstruct underlying meaning in a broad range of films. Key concepts (e.g., obsessional neurosis, civilisation and its discontents, the uncanny) will be shown as manifested in the unconscious and in wider society.

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Check film studies courses under Humanities in the prospectus and under History, Culture and Writing on the web - General information and advice on courses at City Lit is available from the Student Centre and Library on Monday to Friday from 12:00 – 19:00. See the course guide for term dates and further details

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