Spring 2025

CELTIC R1B 002 - LEC 002

Voices of the Celtic World

Celtic Literature and Psychoanalysis

Zachary Samuel Johnson

Jan 21, 2025 - May 09, 2025

Tu, Th

12:30 pm - 01:59 pm

Social Sciences Building 180

Class #:23916

Units:4

Instruction Mode: In-Person Instruction

Offered through Celtic Studies

Current Enrollment

Total Open Seats: 1

Enrolled: 17

Waitlisted: 0

Capacity: 18

Waitlist Max: 3

No Reserved Seats

Hours & Workload

3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials, and 9 hours of outside work hours.

Other classes by Zachary Samuel Johnson

Reading and composition course based on works of Celtic writers both in English and in translations from Celtic languages. In addition to training in textual analysis and descriptive and argumentative writing, the courses will discuss the notion of Celtic "voices": distinctive modes of cultural expression chosen by important authors from a Celtic milieu. Readings will be chosen from a variety of modern Irish, Welsh, highland Scots, and Breton writers. R1A satisfies the first half of the Reading and Composition requirement, and R1B satisfies the second half.

Class Description

This course will introduce you to some of the most exciting and enduring concepts of psychoanalysis: the meaning and the activity of dreams and dreaming, theories of psychic structure, Freud’s capacious understanding of sexuality and desire, and the concept of transference. Since this is a Celtic course, we will also be reading, discussing, and writing about artistic works drawn from that tradition. We will also watch at least one film. These literary works have been selected, in part, for their thematic affinities with the psychoanalytic readings. The wager of this course, however, is that in addition to the conceptual connections between psychoanalytic theory and literature, a curious, playful and imaginative psychoanalytic mode of engagement will be unpredictably useful for our thinking about these texts and for our development as readers and writers.

Class Notes

This course satisfies the second half or the “B” portion of the Reading and Composition requirement.

Prerequisite: Successful completion of the “A” portion of the Reading & Composition requirement or its equivalent. Students may not enroll in nor attend R1B/R5B courses without completing this prerequisite.

Due to the high demand for R&C courses we monitor attendance very carefully. Attendance is mandatory the first two weeks of classes, this includes all enrolled and wait listed students. If you do not attend all classes the first two weeks you may be dropped. If you are attempting to add into this class during weeks 1 and 2 and did not attend the first day, you will be expected to attend all class meetings thereafter and, if space permits, you may be enrolled from the wait list show less

Rules & Requirements

Requisites

Previously passed an R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Previously passed an articulated R_A course with a letter grade of C- or better. Score a 4 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Literature. Score a 4 or 5 on the Advanced Placement Exam in English Language and Composition. Score of 5, 6, or 7 on the International Baccalaureate Higher Level Examination in English.