Skeletons in the Closet: Family Systems in Literature and Film

In his novel Anna Karenina, Leo Tolstoy wrote, own way.and literature about the individual and the family. Readings will encompass theoretical texts with companion fictional works. In analyzing the fictional works, students will use psychological terms and concepts to examine characters and their motivations.

Texts
The Eight Concepts of Bowen Theory
Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic
Winter's Bone
Middlesex
Affliction