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Comparative Literature 309 • Great Works of Modern Literature EXISTENTIALISM & THE ABSURD: AN ONLINE SURVEY Instructor: Drago Momcilovic [Email: [email protected]] Lecture 201 • Online Web • Fall 2017 • 3 credits UWM Comparative Literature is on Facebook & Twitter. Like us at “Comparative Literature at UWM” and follow us at @CompLitUWM. Scan our QR CODE above for all course descriptions. This course explores the rise of existentialist philosophy and the philosophies of the absurd in some of the most provocative novels, plays, short stories and mass media from around the world. Our global survey of existentialism and the absurd will interrogate the nature of existence and the responsibilities we bear in shaping our lives into something meaningful— particularly in relation to free will, action, faith, technology, politics, love, and finally, death. Our readings and viewings will tentatively include Mozart’s opera Don Giovanni; the novellas The Death of Ivan Ilyich by Leo Tolstoy, The Metamorphosis by Franz Kafka, and Notes from the Underground by Fyodor Dostoevsky; Albert Camus’ classic novel The Stranger; the plays Waiting for Godot by Samuel Beckett, A Tempest by Aimé Césaire, and No Exit by JeanPaul Sartre; the films The Exterminating Angel by Luis Buñuel, Taxi Driver by Martin Scorsese, and Cléo from 5 to 7 by Agnès Varda; a selection of European paintings and sculptures; and selected episodes of the AMC original TV series Mad Men. We will also draw from philosophical works by Friedrich Nietzsche, Søren Kierkegaard, Miguel de Unamuno, Martin Heidegger, Albert Camus, JeanPaul Sartre, Simone de Beauvoir, and Frantz Fanon.

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Comparative  Literature  309  •  Great  Works  of  Modern  Literature    EXISTENTIALISM  &  THE  ABSURD:  AN  ONLINE  SURVEY  

Instructor:  Drago  Momcilovic  [Email:  [email protected]]  Lecture  201  •  Online  Web  •  Fall  2017  •  3  credits    

   

UWM  Comparative  Literature  is  on  Facebook  &  Twitter.    Like  us  at  “Comparative  Literature  at  UWM”  and  follow  us  at  @CompLitUWM.    Scan  our  QR  CODE  above  for  all  course  descriptions.  

   

This  course  explores  the  rise  of  existentialist  philosophy  and  the  philosophies  of  the  absurd  in  some   of   the  most   provocative   novels,   plays,   short   stories   and  mass  media   from   around   the  world.   Our   global   survey   of   existentialism   and   the   absurd   will   interrogate   the   nature   of  existence  and  the  responsibilities  we  bear   in  shaping  our   lives   into  something  meaningful—particularly   in  relation  to   free  will,  action,   faith,   technology,  politics,   love,  and   finally,  death.    Our  readings  and  viewings  will  tentatively  include  Mozart’s  opera  Don  Giovanni;  the  novellas  The  Death  of  Ivan  Ilyich  by  Leo  Tolstoy,  The  Metamorphosis  by  Franz  Kafka,  and  Notes  from  the  Underground   by   Fyodor   Dostoevsky;   Albert   Camus’   classic   novel   The   Stranger;   the   plays  Waiting   for   Godot  by   Samuel   Beckett,  A   Tempest  by   Aimé   Césaire,   and  No   Exit  by   Jean-­‐Paul  Sartre;  the  films  The  Exterminating  Angel  by  Luis  Buñuel,  Taxi  Driver  by  Martin  Scorsese,  and  Cléo  from  5  to  7  by  Agnès  Varda;  a  selection  of  European  paintings  and  sculptures;  and  selected  episodes  of  the  AMC  original  TV  series  Mad  Men.    We  will  also  draw  from  philosophical  works  by   Friedrich   Nietzsche,   Søren   Kierkegaard,   Miguel   de   Unamuno,   Martin   Heidegger,   Albert  Camus,  Jean-­‐Paul  Sartre,  Simone  de  Beauvoir,  and  Frantz  Fanon.