Spring 2021
COMLIT 258 001 - LEC 001
Studies in Philosophy and Literature
Tragedy and Trauerspiel
Victoria Kahn
Jan 19, 2021 - May 07, 2021
Th
02:00 pm - 04:59 pm
Internet/Online
Class #:30621
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
Pending Review
Offered through
Comparative Literature
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
4
Enrolled: 11
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 15
Waitlist Max: 5
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 9 hours of outside work hours per week.
Other classes by Victoria Kahn
Course Catalog Description
Comparative investigation of a topic in the relationship between philosophy and literature.
Class Description
This course will explore the history and theory of tragedy in antiquity and the early modern period, with special attention to affect theory. Our main theoretical text with be Walter Benjamin’s Trauerspiel book, but we will also read works by Aristotle, Descartes, Mendelssohn, Lessing, and Hume; and tragedies by Euripides, Lohenstein, Shakespeare, Calderon, Corneille, Racine, and Milton. Secondary reading in Vernant, Vidal Naquet, Lacoue-Labarthe, Szondi and others. A central concern of our course will be the vexed relationship, both in antiquity and in the early modern period, between tragedy and philosophy, or tragedy and theory. Reading knowledge of French or German is useful but not required.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
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Associated Sections
None