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| 0680-4228-01 | Literature and Philosophy During the French Enlightenment Er | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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University credit hours: 4.0
Course description
philosophical major trends of the French Enlightenment. The strong and dynamic link between literature (novel, theater, short stories and poetry) and philosophy (the self and the other, social and ethical issues, tolerance and religion, sexuality, sex and materialism, evil and suffering) will be inquired through the reading of literary texts. Among the questions discussed in class: what are the philosophical reasons that led to first-person writings (epistolary novels, fictional memoires and autobiographies)? What is the connection between experimental fictional writings, in one side, and socio-linguistics and multi-cultural topics, in the other side? How does a pedagogic dissertation transformed into utopia that has been considered as a transgressive political treaty? How does libertine novel trigger existential questions?
Enlightenment primary texts and critical contemporary articles will be read and analyzed in class.
Enlightenment primary texts and critical contemporary articles will be read and analyzed in class.