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Academic Year 2000/2001
A Philosophical Survey of Mimesis
PHIL 335 SP
This course will be an intensive consideration of primary texts that offer theories regarding the nature of mimesis (imitation).
MAJOR READINGS
Hume: "Of the Standard of Taste" Burke: THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDEAS OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL Kant: CRITIQUE OF JUDGMENT Schiller: LETTERS ON THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF MAN Hegel: INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON
AESTHETICS Nietzsche: BIRTH OF TRAGEDY
Selections from Marcuse and Adorno.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three (5-7 pp.) essays on course readings.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless preregistered students attend the first class meeting or communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE: Students must still submit a completed
Drop/Add form to the Registrar's
Office.
COURSE FORMAT:
Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA PHIL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
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Last Updated on MAR-26-2001
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