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Department:��Humanities

Professor:��Paul Gordon (right)

Course description:��This class applies Sigmund �����ܻ�’s psychoanalytic method of interpreting works of art to Alfred Hitchcock’s films. It will seek to explain Hitchcock’s recurrent and complicated use of “maternal super-egos” (as in��Psycho), of male narcissism (Rear Window), of a violent “male protest” (Shadow of a Doubt) and the persistent figure of “Mother” as it informs all of the leading female characters in relation to their male counterparts’ desire for “Madonna/Harlot” figures.

Reading list:�������ܻ�’s��Introductory Lectures on Psycho-Analysis��(Liveright), �����ܻ�’s��Writings on Art and Literature��(Stanford University Press) and Robin Wood’s��Hitchcock’s Films Revisited��(Columbia University Press).

Requirements:��Weekly viewings of the films will be accompanied by class presentations and discussions, culminating in a final research project involving the psychoanalytical interpretation of at least one of Hitchcock’s films.