PHIL1020A-W19
Modern Philosophy & Literature
Modern Philosophy & Literature
In this course, focused on close, intensive readings of key texts, we will explore the border that both separates and joins philosophy and literature. How does literature evoke philosophical problems, and how do philosophers interpret such works? How does fiction create meaning? We will explore philosophical literature and literary philosophy in 20th Century works, mainly European and North American, on topics such as: style and rhetoric; author and reader; time and temporality; mood and emotion; existence and mortality. Literary readings will be selected from Borges, Calvino, Camus, Kafka, Morrison, and Woolf. Philosophical readings will be selected from Bergson, Danto, Freud, Murdoch, Nussbaum and Ricoeur. (Previous course in PHIL or CMLT or waiver) (Not open to students who have taken PHIL/CMLT 0286)
In this course, focused on close, intensive readings of key texts, we will explore the border that both separates and joins philosophy and literature. How does literature evoke philosophical problems, and how do philosophers interpret such works? How does fiction create meaning? We will explore philosophical literature and literary philosophy in 20th Century works, mainly European and North American, on topics such as: style and rhetoric; author and reader; time and temporality; mood and emotion; existence and mortality. Literary readings will be selected from Borges, Calvino, Camus, Kafka, Morrison, and Woolf. Philosophical readings will be selected from Bergson, Danto, Freud, Murdoch, Nussbaum and Ricoeur. (Previous course in PHIL or CMLT or waiver) (Not open to students who have taken PHIL/CMLT 0286)
- Term:
- Winter 2019
- Location:
- Twilight Hall 301(AXT 301)
- Schedule:
- 1:00pm-4:00pm on Monday, Wednesday, Friday (Jan 7, 2019 to Feb 1, 2019)
- Type:
- Seminar
- Instructors:
- Martha Woodruff
- Subject:
- Philosophy
- Department:
- Philosophy
- Division:
- Humanities
- Requirements Fulfilled:
- EUR LIT PHL WTR
- Levels:
- Undergraduate
- Cross-Listed As:
- CMLT1020A-W19
- Availability:
- View availability, prerequisites, and other requirements.
- Course Reference Number (CRN):
- 11507
- Subject Code:
- PHIL
- Course Number:
- 1020
- Section Identifier:
- A