COLT 1810W - Marx, Freud, Nietzsche and the Philosophy of Nikos Kazantazkis

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Brown University

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Examines the life and works of Nikos Kazantzakis. Apart from his more famous novels, The Last Temptation of Christ and Zorba the Greek, students will also read the novels Christ Recrucified, Freedom or Death, Saint Francis (The Pauper of God), The Fratricides, The Odyssey: A Modern Sequel as well as the author's autobiography Report to Greco. The course also examines Kazantzakis's philosophical writings (Saviors of God), his travel memoirs (Spain, Italy, Sinai, Japan, England, Russia, Jerusalem and Cyprus), and his plays Prometheus, Christopher Columbus, and Buddha. Special emphasis will be placed on the influence of Nietzsche, Bergson, Marx, Freud as well as Buddhism and Christianity on Kazantzakis.

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1.00

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Lecture

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Institution Website:

www.brown.edu

Phone Number:

(401) 863-1000

Regional Accreditation:

New England Association of Schools and Colleges

Calendar System:

Semester

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