Psychoanalysis, art, jokes and the comic.

Art, dreams, surrealism

Psychosexuality, psychological structure, Freudian aesthetics, and analyses of and artist focusing on Lucian Freud and portraiture.

Introduction to Carl Jung and the application of his psychology to art. Draw/paint a mandala.

Exam 1. Then we start a deeper look into fairy tales from a variety of perspectives. Plus introducing Art Therapy.

Kleinian psychoanalysis and its applications to art.

Introducing Winnicott’s work and the work of Milner. Plus music.

There will be a change from the syllabus in that there's no students presentations today. We will do them all on tuesday. Today we turn to literature focusing on Franz Kafka.

Introducing the psychoanalysis of film with a focus on Jan Svankmajer. We already begin this overview in the context of dreams (the ten ways to approach film). Students present the key ideas of their final papers.

Final exam on the second part of the course (written in class). In the second part of the class we will give an overview of the course and final art therapy practice. Exam 2 done in class, Jan 24. Final essay due by Jan 27. The paper will be 5-6 pages (double-line spacing), on a topic the student’s choice. It must incorporate at least two different major psychoanalytic approaches and show good abilities of analysis, synthesis and application of theory to a relevant topic on psychoanalysis and art. It should be well researched and referenced and include a bibliography. The student is expected to take an independent position and be able to defend their point of view. They will present their papers to the class (10-15 mins) on the second last day of class (tuesday 23rd).