National Psychological Association for Psychoanalysis NPAP; Continuing Education Committee Presents
Literature, Sadism, Beauty and Psychoanalysis: A Psychoanalyst looks at Flaubert
Presenter: Catherine Lindenman
Sunday, September 28, 2014
6:00 – 7:30 pm
at NPAP, 40 West 13 Street*
How do psychoanalysts read, reflect on and talk about literature? Come and muse and engage with the edge of imagery in a psychoanalytic/literary evening.
Gustave Flaubert is recognized as the father of the modern novel. One feature of his writing that makes him a full member of the modern age is the use he made of the narrator. The Flaubertian narrator would slip in and out of the consciousness of the characters and thus could no longer be relied upon for a trustworthy account of events. Perhaps most insidious was the narrator’s ability to induce a variety of feeling states in the reader. The presentation will include some necessary background material to be followed by readings where we will evaluate the effect that the text has had upon us.
Catherine Lindeman, PhD (in French literature from Columbia University). Studied, researched, and analyzed Flaubert’s writings for ten years. Graduate of Postgraduate Center for Mental Health. Faculty of PPSC. Psychoanalyst in private practice.
Open to NPAP members and candidates,
and the general psychoanalytic community at no charge.
Refreshments served.
*Handicap accessible facility
RSVP: admin@npap.org / 212.924.7440
Committee:
Alice Entin (Chair), Murray Gelman, Judy Ann Kaplan, Edith Laufer, Loveleen Posmentier, Judith Rappaport, Penny Rosen, Claire Steinberger, Hannah Turken