PHIL 565 - The Metaphysical Novel

Institution:

Duquesne University

Subject:

PHIL - Philosophy

Description:

This course begins with Simone de Beauvoir's view of the metaphysical novel in her essay, "Literature and Metaphysics." For her, "Metaphysics is not primarily a system. . . ." to do metaphysics is "to be metaphysical. . . ." This means to face the world, to throw oneself into the totality of the world with the totality of one's own being. Thus fiction can recreate the "adventure of the spirit" that is lived metaphysics. We will read novels such as Beauvoir's "L'invit'e," Nadine Gordimer's "Burger's Daughter" and Franz Kafka's "The Castle" in the light of the metaphysical problems that they articulate, question, and discuss. We will read short selections by other philosophers, primarily on literature but also on metaphysics.

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.duq.edu

Phone Number:

(412) 396-6000

Regional Accreditation:

Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Semester

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