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Program of Visual Communication Design

GİT437

PSYCHOANALYSIS AND VISUAL ARTS

Course Code
GİT437
Semester
-
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
4
Course TypeElective Course
Course LevelBachelor's Degree
Year of Study-
Semester-
ECTS4
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. Recognizes the fundamental concepts of psychoanalysis and the main approaches of leading theorists such as Freud, Jung, and Lacan.
  2. Explains the manifestations of psychoanalytic themes?such as the unconscious, dreams, the uncanny, and the gaze?in the visual arts and media products.
  3. Gains the ability to analyze artworks and visual designs using a critical methodology within the framework of psychoanalytic theories.
  4. Becomes aware of the latent meanings behind visual images and integrates psychoanalytic approaches into their own design and artistic production processes.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Components
Course DescriptionWhat do you actually see when you look at a work of art or a design? Is it merely colors, forms, and composition?or is it the artist's repressed desires, childhood traumas, societal fears, and the struggle to voice the unutterable? The Psychoanalysis and Visual Arts course invites you to scratch beneath the surface of images and uncover the latent meanings hidden behind the visible. In this course, we will embark on a vast intellectual journey stretching from Freud?s dark mazes of dreams to Jung?s ancient archetypes, and from Lacan?s mesmerizing mirror stage to the ground-breaking perspectives of feminist psychoanalysis. We will reread iconic works that shaped art history through the lens of revolutionary theorists. By the end of the term, you will gain not only a solid theoretical foundation, but also a profound, visionary, and critical perspective?one that analyzes every image it encounters, transforms subconscious processes into creative power, and remains fully conscious of what, why, and how it designs.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week General Information About the Course, Psychoanalysis and Visual Arts Connection, General Information About Important Psychoanalysts
2nd Week Freud's Concept of the Unconscious, Interpretation of Dreams, Sexual Development and Oedipus Complex, Ego and Defense Mechanisms, Sexuality and Violence in Art
3rd Week Jung's Analytical Psychology, Archetypes and Symbols, Dreams and Mythology in Art
4th Week The Individual in Adler, Self-Expression, The Relationship Between the Discovery of the Unconscious and Social Interaction. Expressionism in Art
5th Week Lacan's Theory of Language and Subject, Psychology of the Gaze, Other and Subjectivity in Art
6th Week Object Relations Theory in Melani Klein and Winnicott, Attachment and Separation, Relationality and Identity in Art
7th Week Feminist Psychoanalysis: Gender and Identity Formation in Karen Horney, Juliet Mitchel and Nancy Chodorow, Femininity and Masculinity in Art
8th Week Midterm Exam
9th Week Bella Habip and Cultural Psychoanalysis, Gender Roles and Norms, Power and Authority in Art
10th Week Psychoanalysis and Surrealism, Automatic Drawing and Dream Images, Work Reviews of Salvador Dali and Rene Magritte
11th Week Psychoanalysis and Expressionism, Emotional Intensity and the Exploration of the Inner World, Work Reviews of Edvard Munch and Egon Schiele
12th Week Psychoanalysis and Performance Art, Body and Identity, Work Reviews of Marina Abramovic and Yayoi Kusama
13th Week Psychoanalysis and Installation Art, Space and Memory, Louise Bourgeois and Anish Kapoor work reviews
14th Week Final Exam
Recommended or Required ReadingMANDATORY READING LIST:
Terbaş, Ö. (2016). Psikanaliz ve Sanat: Rüyalardan Gerçekliğe. İstanbul: Bilgi Üniversitesi Yayınları.

RECOMMENDED READING LIST:
Gombrich, E. H. (1950). Sanatın Öyküsü. İstanbul: Kabalcı Yayıncılık.
Berger, J. Görme Biçimleri. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
Tura, S. M. Freud?dan Lacan?a Psikanaliz. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
Jung, C. G. İnsan ve Sembolleri.
Winnicott, D. W. Oyun ve Gerçeklik.
Klein, M. Haset ve Şükran.
Kristeva, J. Korkunun Güçleri: İğrençlik Üzerine Deneme.
Bachelard, G. Mekanın Poetikası.
Freud, S. Yas ve Melankoli.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
  • Questions/Answers
  • Presentation
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Mid-term 1 40
Attendance 1 10
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload
Activities Quantity Duration (Hour) Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam 1 3 3
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work 14 2 28
Preparation for Final exam 1 10 10
Course hours 14 3 42
Preparation for Midterm exam 1 10 10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam 1 3 3
Homework 1 10 10
Weekly Articles and Resource Research 14 1 14
Total Work Load120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)4
ECTS Credit of the Course4
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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