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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
Romance Studies
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
English
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Domenico Cangiano
Coordinator Office Hours:
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Domenico Cangiano
Course/Module description:
In this class we will focus one the development of French Enlightenment, both from a philosophical and literary point of view. In the second part of the class we will focus of French Romanticism.
Course/Module aims:
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Students will broaden their knowledge about some of the most important French writer and philosophers actives between the end of the XVIII century and the beginning of the XIX century.
Attendance requirements(%):
80
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Seminar
Course/Module Content:
October 15th. What is Enlightenment?
- Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment.
October 22th. Enlightenment and French Revolution
- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, excerpts from The Communist Manifesto, New York: Norton & Co., 2013, pp. 60-73
October 29th. Empowering Enlightenment
- Condorcet. “Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind: Tenth Epoch.” Daedalus 133.3 (2004), pp. 65–82.
- Kant, Immanuel. “To Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch (1795).” Perpetual Peace and Other Essays on Politics, History, and Morals. Ed. Ted Humphrey. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1992, pp. 106-156
November 5th. Neo-classicism, the art of the Enlightenment
- Johann Joachim Winckelmann, On the Imitations of the Paintings and Sculptures of the Greeks, in Writings on Art, London: Phaidon 1972, pp. 61-85
November 12th–26th. Skeptical Enlightenment
- Denis Diderot, Rameau’s Nephew, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2006, pp. 3-92
December 3th. Enlightenment in Trouble
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Émile, pp. 1-35
December 10th-17th. Historicism
- Vincenzo Cuoco. Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014, pp. 98-118; 131-141; 162-164
- Herder, Johann Gottfried. “On the change of Taste.” Philosophical Writings. Trans. Michael N Forster. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp. 247-257
- Auerbach, Erich. “Vico and Aesthetic Historism.” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 8.2 (1949), pp. 110–118.
December 24th. Mme de Staël and the new Art: Romanticism
- Katrin Becker, Transformation of the French perception of Germany: Mme. de Staël's ‘De l’Allemagne’, pp. 1-11
December 31th . A New Literature
- Friedrich Schiller, “On simple and sentimental poetry.” In Aesthetical and Philosophical Essays, pp. 138-151
January 7th-14th. Baudelaire
- Charles Baudelaire, The Painter of Modern Life, London: Penguin, 2010, pp. 1-94
Required Reading:
- Immanuel Kant, What is Enlightenment.
- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels, excerpts from The Communist Manifesto, New York: Norton & Co., 2013, pp. 60-73
- Condorcet. “Sketch for a Historical Picture of the Progress of the Human Mind: Tenth Epoch.” Daedalus 133.3 (2004), pp. 65–82.
- Kant, Immanuel. “To Perpetual Peace: A Philosophical Sketch (1795).” Perpetual Peace and Other Essays on Politics, History, and Morals. Ed. Ted Humphrey. Indianapolis: Hackett Publishing Company, 1992, pp. 106-156
- Johann Joachim Winckelmann, On the Imitations of the Paintings and Sculptures of the Greeks, in Writings on Art, London: Phaidon 1972, pp. 61-85
- Denis Diderot, Rameau’s Nephew, Oxford: Oxford University Press 2006, pp. 3-92
- Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Émile, pp. 1-35
- Vincenzo Cuoco. Historical Essay on the Neapolitan Revolution of 1799. Toronto: University of Toronto Press, 2014, pp. 98-118; 131-141; 162-164
- Herder, Johann Gottfried. “On the change of Taste.” Philosophical Writings. Trans. Michael N Forster. Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, 2002, pp. 247-257
- Auerbach, Erich. “Vico and Aesthetic Historism.” The Journal of Aesthetics and Art Criticism 8.2 (1949), pp. 110–118.
- Katrin Becker, Transformation of the French perception of Germany: Mme. de Staël's ‘De l’Allemagne’, pp. 1-11
- Friedrich Schiller, “On simple and sentimental poetry.” In Aesthetical and Philosophical Essays, pp. 138-151
- Charles Baudelaire, The Painter of Modern Life, London: Penguin, 2010, pp. 1-94
Additional Reading Material:
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 45 %
Presentation 25 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 30 %
Participation
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