A close reading of some of Freud’s major works focusing on the changing theories of repression and sexuality in his evolving and contradictory understanding of the functioning of the mind, “the apparatus of the soul”.
The readings include some (most) of the following: Studies on Hysteria (1895), Interpretation of Dreams (1900), Three Essays on the Theory of Sexuality (1905), On Narcissism (1914), some of the Papers on Metapsychology (1915), Beyond the Pleasure Principle (1920) .
Requirements: regular attendance, comments (1-2 page max) on each reading (due Sunday before each Wednesday class), a short term paper.
