MEDIA 746

Special Topic: Žižek Through Hitchcock

Please note: this is archived course information from 2024 for MEDIA 746.

Description

Slavoj Žižek is known for elaborating psychoanalytic and Marxist theory through the use of film and popular culture. In this course we shall read Alfred Hitchcock’s films and Žižek’s idiosyncratic citation of them to develop a theory of Žižek’s own work. To achieve this, each lesson looks at a film by Hitchcock and explores a key aspect of Žižek’s ideas.

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Availability 2024

Not taught in 2024

Lecturer(s)

Coordinator(s) Professor Laurence Simmons

Points

MEDIA 746: 30 points