Analyzes alienation and delusional states psychodynamically as presented in contemporary film. First studies acute hysteria and multiple personalities (Petrie's Sybil). Then approaches the elaboration of a persecution complex (Polanski's Rosemary's Baby), amnesia and dissociation (Parker's Angel Heart), and psychotic breakdown Bergman's Through a Glass Darkly or The Hour of the Wolf).
Code
PY2007
Name
MADNESS, MANIA, & THE CINEMA
Credits
4
Pre-requisites
College Level=Sophomore
Co-requisites
None
Can be taken twice for credit?
No
Discipline
PY (Psychology)
Level
Undergraduate
Type
Regular
CAMS ID
2993
Last update with CAMS
The goal of this course is to develop the students’ observational skills, to improve their ability to describe, both orally and in writing, what they have observed, and to apply standard diagnostic criteria whenever possible.
There will also be an emphasis on underlying motivation (whenever relevant) and the evolution of the severe pathologies under study.