English 271: Psychoanalysis and Literature (2014)

In these last few weeks of the semester as we talk about Alison Bechdel's graphic memoir, Fun Home , I want you to think about how th...

"But in the tricky reverse narration that impels our entwined stories, he was there to catch me when I lept." Alison Bechdel...

Freud’s well known concept was inspired by the Greek legends of Oedipus Rex, especially as they are expressed in Sophocles's play, who ...

In his short essay, "The Family Romance," Freud talks about the common childhood fantasy of imagining oneself adopted, the child o...

Some quick, pre-class feedback on the last round of papers for those waiting nervously. As a whole it was a stronger group of papers than ...

One place to start thinking about how Bechdel's narrative is developed visually as well as textually, is to focus on how the interior ...

In this interview, Bechdel describes her writing/drawing process in creating Fun Home , including her methods of research. You'll see a ...