Literature and Desire
Y23.6268 / Credit
In this interdisciplinary course, students explore theories and representations of desire in a variety of literary and philosophical contexts from Plato onward. Students will address questions such as: How does writing stage and represent desire? How does language claim to know, expose or further displace it? What becomes of the body in this process of representation? To address these questions, we will examine the relation of desire and spirituality, esthetics and sexuality. We will read desire within such theoretical frameworks and psychoanalysis, feminists, while exploring germinal frameworks in the works of Plato, Freud, Nietzsche, and Russo.
You must be an NYU student in a credit program to take this course. It is not available for online registration. If you're interested in applying to the school, call (212) 998-7200.
NYU Students already enrolled in a credit program should visit NYUHome to register through ALBERT.
