Dr. Geoffrey Boucher |
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| Position | Senior Lecturer | |
| geoff.boucher@deakin.edu.au | ||
| Area | School of Communication & Creative Arts | |
| Phone | +61 3 522 72689 | |
| Campus | Geelong | |
| Location | Waurn Ponds, Room ic1.115 | |
| Role and profile |
Geoff Boucher has lectured in Literary Studies and Psychoanalytic Studies at Deakin University since 2006. His PhD dissertation was on post-Marxian discourse theory (Butler, Laclau, Mouffe, Žižek) at Melbourne University (2004). He is the author of three books on contemporary theory and political philosophy: * The Charmed Circle of Ideology (Melbourne: Re-Press, 2008); * The Times Will Suit Them—Postmodern Conservatism in Australia (with Matthew Sharpe) (Sydney: Allen & Unwin, 2008); * Žižek and Politics—A Critical Introduction (with Matthew Sharpe) (London: Edinburgh University Press, 2010). He is the coeditor of Traversing the Fantasy—Critical Essays on Slavoj Žižek (2005). |
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| Teaching responsibilities |
Geoff Boucher teaches literatary studies and in the masters in psychoanalytic studies, in the following units: ALL373 Greek Tragedy ALL374 Supernatural Literature ALL375 Shakespeare ALL376 Modern Myths ALL771 Postmodern Fiction ASP766 Introduction to Lacan ASP769 Psychoanalysis and Science ASP764 Psychoanalysis, Art and Culture |
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| Research interests |
His research interests centre on Frankfurt School Critical Theory and Lacanian psychoanalysis. He is currently working on two projects — one on the Lacanian theory of Slavoj Žižek and Renaissance drama, and the other on Habermasian philosophy and “why literature matters”. * The Frankfurt School and Psychoanalysis * The Frankfurt School and Literature * Psychoanalysis and Social Theory * Psychoanalysis and Literature Renaissance Studies from a Psychoanalytic Perspective |
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| Current research projects |
Geoff's current research projects are: * Analysing the Contribution of Scandalous Literature to Cultural Innovation (CRG Grant 2010) * The Rationality of Literature--Third Generation Frankfurt School and Literature as Communication Geoff is interested in supervising projects of the following types: Honours Projects that focus on some of the unit materials listed above Especially Paradise Lost, Gilgamesh, The Odyssey, Frankenstein Shakespeare and other Renaissance drama (Marlowe, Webster pref.) Contemporary authors: Marquez, Pamuk, Pynchon, Doctorow With a psychoanalytic and/or Critical Theory perspective Applications of the work of Fredric Jameson to contemporary fantasy Other projects would need to be discussed in advance PhD Applications to contemporary texts of, or theoretical explorations of, new theories of discourse (Butler, Laclau, Mouffe, Žižek, Balibar, Ranciere) Critical interrogations of contemporary Lacanian theory especially the questions of (1) “post-Oedipal society” (2) the literary sinthome and late Lacan (3) psychoanalysis and politics Applications of Habermasian approaches to literature to contemporary literature or theoretical explorations of “Habermas and literature,” including reconstructions of first generation Frankfurt positions Renaissance drama and psychoanalytic literary criticism (Shakespeare, Marlowe, Webster pref.) Other projects would need to be thoroughly discussed in advance of any application; please look at my publications below for general indications |
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| Service to the University, discipline or community |
Member, Academic Progress and Discipline Committee Academic referee for several professional journals |
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| Qualifications | BA Melbourne, Postgraduate Diploma in English Literature Melbourne, PhD (Literature/Social Theory) Melbourne, Graduate Certificate (Teaching in Higher Education) Deakin | |
| Memberships |
Modern Language Association Australasian Society for Continental Philosophy |
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| Research link | View Deakin associated research data | |
| Publications | Publications | |
