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525s15.1 Syllabus Existentialism
525s15.1 Syllabus Existentialism
525s15.1 Syllabus Existentialism
The term existentialism calls to mind two images. One image is of 1940s French intellectualsJean Paul Sartre,
Simone de Beauvoir and Albert Camusdeep in thought at left-bank Parisian Cafes. The second image is of an angst
ridden adolescent in existential despair, having seen through the shallowness and pretense of conventional life
forced on one by society. Both images of Existentialism contain important partial truths. Yes, Existentialism was a
cultural movement associated primarily with French intellectuals during forties and fifties, though important
precursors included Soren Kierkegaard, Frederick Nietzsche, Franz Kafka and Martin Heidegger. Yes, Existentialism
shows great interest in individual feelings of dread, anxiety and alienation.
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Frantz Fanon
Books
Camus, Albert. The Stranger, Vintage ISBN
0-679-72020-0
Mariano, Gordon. Basic Writings of
Existentialism, Modern Library, ISBN 0-37575989-1
Requirements
35%
7 contribution to discussion board
with reply to a classmate.
30%
Term Paper
30%
Two reading tests (midterm, final)
5%
Attendance
Albert Camus
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Sartre, No Exit first half (Blackboard) | video online: In Camera, Jean Paul Sartre,
No Exit, Huis Clos, Harold Pinter (excellent, optional)
Sartre, No Exit (finish) | audio: Gardner on Sartre on Bad Faith (Blackboard)
Break 2015
Sartre - Self Deception M369-373; 380-390 |audio: Jean-Paul Sartre)
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Sartre, The Encounter with the Other | audio: Warnock on Sartre on Existentialism
(on Blackboard)
Heidegger M295-315,video: BBC Human all too Human