PHIL 253: Philosophy and Literature

PHIL 253-002: Philosophy and Literature
(Spring 2019)

03:00 PM to 04:15 PM MW

David J. King Hall 2053

Section Information for Spring 2019

This course examines the relationship between literature and philosophy, in particular, the influence of philosophical ideas and philosophical schools 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, perennial philosophical questions which are present in literary and philosophical writings. We will discuss works of Homer, Plato, Aristotle,  Sophocles, Pascal, Voltaire, Emerson, Nietzsche, Sartre,  Camus, Milosz and others.

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Course Information from the University Catalog

Credits: 3

Examines differences and relations between literary and philosophical texts. Examines texts from a given period in the history of literature and philosophy. Topics include the presence of common issues in literary and philosophical writings, the influence of philosophical ideas on the production of literary texts and literary theory, and the development in literary texts of issues that are possible objects of philosophical inquiry. Offered by Philosophy. Limited to three attempts.
Mason Core: Mason Core, Literature
Schedule Type: Lecture
Grading:
This course is graded on the Undergraduate Regular scale.

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