ENGL 300: Introduction to Theory of Literature
Lecture 13 - Jacques Lacan in Theory. In this lecture on psychoanalytic criticism, Professor Paul Fry explores the work of Jacques Lacan. Lacan's interest in Freud and distaste for post-Freudian "ego psychologists" are briefly mentioned, and his clinical work on "the mirror stage" is discussed in depth. The relationship in Lacanian thought, between metaphor and metonymy is explored through the image of the point de capiton. The correlation between language and the unconscious, and the distinction between desire and need, are also explained, with reference to Hugo's "Boaz Asleep." (from oyc.yale.edu)
| Lecture 13 - Jacques Lacan in Theory |
| Time | Lecture Chapters |
| [00:00:00] | 1. Peter Brooks and Lacan |
| [00:09:03] | 2. Lacan and Freudian Scholarship |
| [00:15:51] | 3. The Mirror Stage |
| [00:22:18] | 4. Language and the Unconscious |
| [00:30:25] | 5. Metonymy, Metaphor, and Desire |
| [00:37:03] | 6. What Is Desire? |
| [00:46:50] | 7. Slavoj Zizek |
| References |
| Lecture 13 - Jacques Lacan in Theory Instructor: Professor Paul H. Fry. Handout: Paper Topics 1 [PDF]. Transcript [html]. Audio [mp3]. Download Video [mov]. |
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