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Phil 7 Existentialism in Literature and Film

03:30-5:00 PM | 145 Dwinelle
Instructor Hubert Dreyfus

Phil 7: Existentialism in Literature and Film - Spring 2006. The course will be organized around various attempts to reinterpret the Judeo/Christian God, and to determine in what sense, if at all, such a God is still a living God. We will study Dostoyevsky's and Kierkegaard's attempts to preserve a non-theological version of the God of Christianity, as well as Nietzche's attempt to save us from belief in any version of God offered by our tradition. We will view and discuss three films that deal with related issues.


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Lecture Archive
Tue 1/17 Introduction: What is Existentialism?
Thu 1/19 'Fear and Trembling' - Preamble from Heart I
Tue 1/24 'Fear and Trembling' - Preamble from Heart II
Thu 1/26 'Fear and Trembling' - Preamble from Heart III
Tue 1/31 Film - No Lecture
Thu 2/2 Discussion of Film 'Hiroshima Mon Amour'
Tue 2/7 'Fear and Trembling' - Problema I
Thu 2/9 Film - No Lecture
Tue 2/14 Discussion of Film 'The Third Man' - Rough audio quality
Thu 2/16 'Fear and Trembling' - Problema II
Tue 2/21 'Sickness Unto Death' (xeroxed excerpts) I
Thu 2/23 'Sickness Unto Death' (xeroxed excerpts) II
Tue 2/28 'Brothers Karamazov', Part I
Thu 3/2 'Brothers Karamazov', Part I con't
Tue 3/7 'Brothers Karamazov', Part II
Thu 3/9 'Brothers Karamazov', Part II con't
Tue 3/14 'Brothers Karamazov', Part II con't
Thu 3/16 'Brothers Karamazov', Part III
Tue 3/21 'Brothers Karamazov', Part III con't
Thu 3/23 'Brothers Karamazov', Part III con't (No Lecture)
Tue 3/28 Spring Recess
Thu 3/30 Spring Recess
Tue 4/4 'Brothers Karamazov', Part IV
Thu 4/6 'Brothers Karamazov', Part IV con't
Tue 4/11 'Brothers Karamazov', Conclusion
Thu 4/13 'Brothers Karamazov', Conclusion
Tue 4/18 'Twilight of the Idols' (excerpts)
Thu 4/20 'The Gay Science' (excerpts)
Mon 4/24 'The Gay Science' (excerpts) (podcast pending)
Tue 4/25 Film: 'Breathless' - No Lecture
Wed 4/26 Discussion of Film 'Breathless'
Tue 5/2 'The Gay Science' (excerpts)
Thu 5/4 'The Anti-Christ' (excerpts con't)
Tue 5/9 Conclusion