PSY467 Language and the unconsciousness

Faculty of Social Studies
Autumn 2010
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Jan Krása, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Jan Krása, Ph.D.
Department of Psychology – Faculty of Social Studies
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Krása, Ph.D.
Timetable
Tue 8:00–9:40 U43
Prerequisites
Lector supposes an interest about the language and unconsciousness topics or about one of them.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
Main objective of this course is to introduce the problem of speech and language in psychology.
At the end of this course, students should:
know several theories about the origin of the language;
understand the problems of the conformity and non-conformity of human mimetic works;
be able to assess the dependency of problems of the unconsciousness on the speech and language;
understand the place of the metaphor in language;
be able to discern distinctive metaphorical systems in language;
understand the difference between the sign and the symbol;
be able to ask questions about the impact of the human works on a human soul;
acquaint with several myths and mythical themes.
Syllabus
  • 1. Opening – basic terms: centripetal and centrifugal canals, imagination, feedback
  • 2. Language (speech) as a mimetic work; the place of a metaphor in language; symbolic and metaphorical systems of human knowledge; development of the language as a intraspecific communication
  • 3. The polarity of consciousness and unconsciousness, the notion unconsciousness and its application framework, the consciousness and self-reflection, the self-reflection in a mirror and in the other media, metaphorical system of the shadow and the double
  • 4. Non-conformity of the speech, G. Vico and his verum.certum discernment, problems with the identification with imaginary and verbal self-reflection
  • 5. Development of language acquisition, archaic layers in the speech – verbal roots and their metaphorical systems
  • 6. Analysis of metaphor, problems of metaphor and world-view, pathology of metaphor – literacy
  • 7. Retrograde impact of the language – collective world-view, about epistemological problems
  • 8. Fire – its symbolic and metaphorical system, backward impress of the fire on the human soul
  • 9. House and shelter – its symbolic and metaphorical system, backward impress of the house on the human soul; about city and its symbolic and metaphorical system, backward impress on the human soul
  • 10. Image – its symbolic and metaphorical system, backward impress of the image on the human soul; The Great Mother and solar cult
  • 11. Self-reflection in works of art – development of European (world) works of art in the context of conformity and non-conformity
  • 12. Death and funeral – its symbolic and metaphorical system, backward impress of the funeral on the human soul
  • 13. Death – transformations of the personification of the death, theomorfization, the pathology of metaphor of death.
Literature
  • JUNG, Carl Gustav. Výbor z díla. Sv. 2, Archetypy a nevědomí [Jung] (Variant.) : Archetypy a nevědomí. info
  • ALLEAU, René. O povaze symbolů : úvod do obecné symboliky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Malvern, 2008, 79 s. ISBN 9788086702346. info
  • BATESON, Gregory. Mysl & příroda : nezbytná jednota. Translated by Lucie Šavlíková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Malvern, 2006, 197 s. ISBN 8086702197. info
  • BORECKÝ, Vladimír. Porozumění symbolu. 2., opr. a dopl. vyd. Praha: Triton, 2003, 215 s. ISBN 8072543717. info
  • FRANK, Manfred. Co je neostrukturalismus? 1. vyd. Praha: SOFIS, 2000, 433 s. ISBN 80-902785-1-5. info
  • ELIADE, Mircea. Kováři a alchymisté. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2000, 158 s. ISBN 8072033204. info
  • GADAMER, Hans-Georg. Člověk a řeč :(výbor textů). Translated by Jan Sokol - Jakub Čapek. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 1999, 154 s. ISBN 80-86005-76-3. info
  • FRANZ, Marie-Louise von. Mýtus a psychologie :mýty o stvoření z pohledu hlubinné psychologie. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1999, 205 s. ISBN 80-7178-343-9. info
  • HILLMAN, James. Sny a podsvětí :nový pohled na sny rozšiřující klasické teorie S. Freuda a C.G. Junga. Vyd. 1. Praha: Portál, 1999, 206 s. ISBN 80-7178-301-3. info
  • BUDIL, Ivo T. Mýtus, jazyk a kulturní antropologie. 3. vyd. Praha: Triton, 1998, 259 s. ISBN 8072540017. info
  • CAMPBELL, Joseph. Mýty : [legendy dávných věků v našem denním životě]. Edited by Johnson E. Fairchild, Translated by Vladimír Lechnýř. Praha: Pragma, 1998, 293 s. ISBN 8072054910. info
  • MATURANA R., Humberto and Francisco J. VARELA. The tree of knowledge : the biological roots of human understanding. Edited by J. Z. Young, Translated by Robert Paolucci. Boston: Shambhala, 1998, 269 s. ISBN 0877736421. info
  • HILLMAN, James. Duše a sebevražda. Translated by Rudolf Starý. Vyd. 1. Praha: Sagittarius, 1997, 198 s. ISBN 80-901898-4-9. info
  • DUERR, Hans Peter. Sedna, aneb, Láska k životu. Brno: Horus, 1997, 412 s. ISBN 80-901884-4-3. info
  • KERÉNYI, Karl. Věda o mytologii. Edited by Carl Gustav Jung. Vyd. 2. Brno: Nakladatelství Tomáše Janečka, 1997, 255 s. ISBN 808588013X. info
  • CASSIRER, Ernst. Filosofie symbolických forem II. Mýtické myšlení. Překl. Petr Horák. Praha: Oikúméné, 1996, 298 pp. ISBN 80-86005-11-9. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, group discussion, group and individual interpretative work
Assessment methods
Lectures and seminars (class discusion).
Student have to present own textual work (5 pages), which will be consulted. Student have to visit lectures.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2004, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2011.
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