動物（性）與無意識的關係是什麼？從佛洛伊德的個案中可以得到回答此問題的線索嗎？還是如Margot Young所質疑的，動物亦是被精神分析排除的他者，例如當佛洛伊德選擇忽視狼人回憶中故事書裡那隻讓他恐懼的、兩腳站立的狼也可能透露著對於人與動物分界模糊的不安，而執意往原初場景連結詮釋時，是否就已透露了精神分析論述對於動物與無意識的關係，所能提供的說明其實有所不足？而批判理論在解釋與討論動物的問題時本身對動物符號的挪用、文學藝術為再現動物形象所進行的想像，是否也同時折射出動物與人類文明、動物（性）與無意識之間的糾葛？例如達爾文對蟲的擬人化就曾被視為是自戀凝視的展現，但如果在蟲身上看見了自己的聰明與任性足以讓他對蟲進行更深刻的觀察與研究，是否這樣的自戀亦不為過？為探索以上的種種問題，本課程將分為三單元進行：（一）精神分析中的動物符號、（二）批判理論中動物的（不）在場、（三）文學藝術中的動物再現。第一單元著重在透過精神分析對動物恐懼的解釋（如佛洛伊德對狼人的詮釋、佛洛伊德與拉岡如何解讀小漢斯對馬的恐懼）探討動物在精神分析中所扮演的角色，以及這些分析可能如何影響人與動物的關係，並為之後的批判理論（如德勒茲與哈洛葳）對狼人個案的再解讀作準備；本單元亦將邀請沈志中教授進行一場精神分析之專題演講。第二單元選讀Derrida、Deleuze & Guattari、Donna Haraway、Brian Massumi、Jane Bennett等批判理論中與動物相關的章節，思考動物在哲學�後人類主義�新物質主義的論述中是身影愈見分明或是再次淪為符號，本單元的兩場專題演講分別以德勒茲與德希達為主題，邀請林宛瑄教授與梁孫傑教授主講。第三單元則以針對動物相關作品加以分析的論文為選讀材料，例如《愛麗絲夢遊奇境》若分別從後人類角度與女性主義角度閱讀，會看到如何不同的面向？又如關於昆蟲的藝術作品或恐怖電影，分別如何衝擊我們的視覺經驗、如何反映了我們對於昆蟲的看法？在藝術作品中利用動物、動物屍體或展演動物的死亡，從動物倫理的角度來看有何爭議？有沒有一種所謂比較理想的、再現動物的方式？後人類�後現代呈現動物的方式比較不至於將動物本質化或淪為替動物權代言說教，因此在美學上就較有可觀之處嗎？但這樣的後人類會不會如Steve Baker所質疑的，已邁入了後動物（post-animal）的階段？本單元試圖將理論帶入作品進行延伸思考，期能訓練學生自行開展理論與文本間的對話。

What is the relation between animal(ity) and the unconscious? Will Freud’s cases of animal phobia give us some clues to this conundrum? Or, rather, is it more likely that “what is really unconscious has not yet been properly identified” by Freud insofar as Freudian psychoanalysis itself is built on the repression of human/animal difference (Margot Young 2)? Then will critical theories, posthumanism, new materialism, to name but a few, facilitate our understanding of the relation between animal(ity) and the formations of the unconscious, such as dreams, symptoms, and even artworks? To explore the aforementioned questions, this course will be divided into the following sections: (1) the signifying function of animals in psychoanalysis (2) the absence/presence of animals in critical theories (3) the representation of animals in literature/art. The first section uses Wolf-man and little Hans as two cases in point to address the question of the relation of psychoanalysis to the notion of the animal. In the second section, Deleuze & Guattari, Derrida, Massumi, Bennett, and Haraway will be discussed to see if their theories help to untangle the complex human/animal relation. The main focus will concentrate on exploring whether theoretical elaboration/appropriation of the animal resolves the problem of anthropocentrism by paying due attentions to animal ethics. The third section examines how (mis)representations of animals in creative works reflect our ambivalent attitude toward them. From animals in Wonderland to bugs in paintings and films, we will revisit the arbitrariness of species boundaries to grasp the relation between animal(ity) and the unconscious in a more thorough way. Regarding reading materials for each section, see Tentative Syllabus.