Course Description

Philosophy 172F/G Philosophy in Literature

An examination of the role played by philosophical ideas in 19th and 20th century literature and of some of the philosophical ideas underlying modern science fiction. Authors studied may include Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, Zamyatin, Poe, Hesse, Mann, Kafka, Huysmans, Unamuno, Sartre, Borges, Huxley, and Orwell.

Antirequisite: Philosophy 132E and 232E

2 hours, half course.

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