Philosophy and Literature
PHIL 188
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Description
What’s the point of literature? What do novels, poems, and plays add to our lives? In this course, we will survey defenses of literature offered by philosophers, novelists, poets, and playwrights. The course will draw on perspectives from the ancient world, early modern period, romanticism, aestheticism, modernism, and existentialism. We will read philosophical texts and literature side by side.
School
Faculty of Arts & Sciences
Credits
4
Cross Reg
Available for Harvard Cross Registration
Department
Philosophy
Course Component
Lecture
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General Education
N/A
Quantitative Reasoning with Data
N/A
Divisional Distribution
Arts and Humanities
Course Level
For Undergraduate and Graduate Students
