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135813 SE Animals in Mind: Psychoanalysis and Narratives of Human-Animal Encounter (2025S)
Prüfungsimmanente Lehrveranstaltung
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- Anmeldung von Sa 01.02.2025 00:01 bis Sa 22.02.2025 23:59
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max. 25 Teilnehmer*innen
Sprache: Englisch
Lehrende
Termine (iCal) - nächster Termin ist mit N markiert
- N Mittwoch 05.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 19.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 26.03. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 02.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 09.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 30.04. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 07.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 14.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 21.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 28.05. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 04.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 11.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
- Mittwoch 18.06. 10:45 - 12:15 Seminarraum 3 Sensengasse 3a 1.OG
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Ziele, Inhalte und Methode der Lehrveranstaltung
Art der Leistungskontrolle und erlaubte Hilfsmittel
-attendance, preparation, and participation in class
-in-class presentation
-submission of research-project proposal and of 10-page final essayThe use of any AI is prohibited.
-in-class presentation
-submission of research-project proposal and of 10-page final essayThe use of any AI is prohibited.
Mindestanforderungen und Beurteilungsmaßstab
assignments and grading:-attendance, preparation, and participation: ~30%
-one individual in-class presentation: ~20%
-research-project proposal: 10%
-revised research-project proposal: 10%
-10-page research-based, argument-driven essay: 30%
-one individual in-class presentation: ~20%
-research-project proposal: 10%
-revised research-project proposal: 10%
-10-page research-based, argument-driven essay: 30%
Prüfungsstoff
detailed course description and literature:In this seminar we will ask: What kinds of stories do humans tell about nonhuman animals, and why? We will take a psychoanalytic approach in order better to appreciate the full significance of the animal-related thoughts, feelings, and experiences - both conscious and unconscious - that inform the stories human beings tell. Indeed, we'll find that some of the most compelling stories about animals come from the clinical and theoretical literature of psychoanalysis itself. (Having some prior knowledge of psychoanalysis is desirable, but it is not required.*)At the heart of the seminar will be Sigmund Freud's most famous case history, commonly referred to as "The Wolf Man" because the patient has a revelatory dream about wolves. This case history will be our bridge to other psychoanalytic writings by major thinkers such as Bruno Bettelheim, Muriel Gardiner, Nicholas Abraham, Maria Torok, Gilles Deleuze, Jacques Derrida, and Carla Freccero. "The Wolf Man" will also be our bridge to other major literary works about human-animal encounters. Wolves - and, of course, their domesticated relatives, dogs - have always loomed large in the human imagination and in world literatures, from the medieval French romance, Bisclavret, to the European fairytale, "Little Red Riding Hood," to American novelist Jack London's tale, The Call of the Wild, to Chinese author Jiang Rong's Mongolian epic, Wolf Totem.Like the wolves and dogs in these stories, animals of all kinds have been depicted as both familiar and strange; as both charismatic and frightening; as actual living beings and as symbols; as individuals and as species; as domestic companions and as industrious laborers; as victims of abuse and as potential threats to human life; as food that is hunted or farmed and as casualties of human activities; as autonomous, potentially rights-bearing subjects and as mere objects for human use; as totems, as mascots, and even as supernatural monsters. These depictions tell us as much, if not more, about ourselves as they do about non-human animals. Reading these narratives from a psychoanalytic perspective will help us better to appreciate how bound up they are with different understandings of what it means to be human and what it means - or might yet mean - to share our world with so many nonhuman others.
Literatur
All of the assigned readings are available for downloading at the seminar's Moodle site. All course readings are in English. Everyone should also feel free to consult the original versions of works by German-language authors - especially Freud. (In the schedule of classes below, the readings by Freud include both the Standard Edition [SE] and the Gesammelte Werke [GW].)* For students with little or no prior knowledge of psychoanalysis who would like to do some preparatory reading, I recommend the following book:Stephen Mitchell and Margaret Black, Freud and Beyond, rev. ed., 2016 (ISBN: 9780465098811)
Zuordnung im Vorlesungsverzeichnis
MA M1
Letzte Änderung: Di 28.01.2025 17:06
1. To investigate human stories about animals from both literary and psychoanalytic perspectives.
2. To develop an understanding of fundamental psychoanalytic concepts.
3. To investigate consciousness (subjectivity) as a human and potentially extra-human faculty.
4. To refine close-reading and comparative-reading skills.
5. To refine critical reading and writing skills in relation to complex theoretical texts.
6. To refine research, writing, and speaking skills.content:
Selected literary and theoretical works. All required readings are in English. (Students are welcome to read and cite German-language authors in the original, but in class we will use English-language versions only.)method:
This seminar will be conducted entirely in English. Students are expected to attend every seminar meeting; to have completed each reading and/or other assignment on-time; to participate regularly in seminar discussions; and to deliver one in-seminar presentation and to write a subsequent short essay on a research-driven topic making use of the library of the Sigmund Freud Museum (Wien IX, Berggasse 19). The use of any AI is prohibited.