12:00 PM to 01:15 PM MW
Section Information for Spring 2018
This course examines the relationship between literature and philosophy, in particular the influence of philosophical ideas on literature. We will discuss and analyze philosophical works (treatise, dialogue, essay) and literary texts (fiction, essay, play, poem) as well as works of art (painting, music) from various periods in the history of philosophy, literature and art. We will concentrate on the presence of common and universal philosophical questions which are present in literary and philosophical writings. We will discuss works by Homer, Plato, Aristotle, Sophocles, Pascal, Voltaire, Emerson, Nietzsche, Sartre, Camus, Milosz, and others.
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Credits: 3
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