Literature 3031 - Hegel's Legacies in 20th Century French Literature

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Bard College

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French Studies It is difficult to overestimate the importance of Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit in 20th-century French thought, especially as it is understood and interpreted by Alexandre Kojève in the "anthropological" commentary he elaboratedbetween 1933 and 1939 (subsequently published as the Introduction to the Reading ofHegel). Kojève'sinsistence on the master/slave dialectic and emphasis on excess, risk, violence, and death had a profound influence on an entire generation of thinkers. Students read from theoretical essays, manifestos, and works of fiction by Bataille, Blanchot, Breton, Caillois, Klossowski, Leiris, Paulhan, Ponge, Queneau, and Sartre. All works are read in translation.

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4.00

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www.bard.edu

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(845) 758-6822

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Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

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Semester

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