Psychoanalytic and Marxist Literary Theory
Y23.6281 / Credit
In this course students will learn how Psychoanalytic and Marxist approaches to literature access the linguistic, political, and cultural unconscious of both characters and texts. By reading the works of such thinkers as Freud, Lacan, and Althusser, students will examine how literary form itself produces and sustains ideological subjectivities be they racial, sexual, political, or socioeconomic. The course also explores how the interaction of Psychoanalytic and Marxist Theory from the 1960s onward has given rise to such theories as Deconstruction and gender and queer studies, crucial to our understanding of literature today.
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.
