Сравнительные аспекты изучения литературы и искусства

Бакалавриат 2018/2019

Кто читает: Департамент филологии

Когда читается: 2-й курс, 4 модуль

Формат изучения: без онлайн-курса

Преподаватели: Школьников Вадим Валерьевич

Язык: английский

Кредиты: 4

Контактные часы: 46

Full Syllabus

Abstract

In this course we will examine the idea of the “superior individual” within a rich tradition of literature, philosophy, and film. Our focus in the first part of the course will range from romanticism and idealist philosophy to radicalism, nihilism, and revolutionary terrorism—as we explore the literary and philosophical problems of conscience, desire, and the will to power. Building this conceptual foundation, we will shift our focus in the second part to the distinctly cinematic problems of desire in film noir.

Learning Objectives

To introduce a student to the major 19th-century concepts of a superior individual.
To trace their influence upon Western culture through the 20th-century literature and film.
To relate the fundamental ethical and political questions to artistic preoccupations of the era.

Expected Learning Outcomes

Students are able to analyze major philosophical conceptions of the superior individual and interpret literary, dramatic, and cinematic texts through the filter of these theories.
Students can trace the development of the literary idea of the superior individual from romanticism to realism to modernism.
Students demonstrate the ability to analyze cinematic works in terms of the unique character of cinema as an art, as well as through psychoanalytic theory.
Students can relate the fundamental ethical and political questions of the class to contemporary social reality.

Course Contents

Man and Superman in Literature, Philosophy, Film I: Conscience, Desire, Will to Power: Literary-Philosophical Conceptions
Conscience as a Will to Power. Dostoevsky/Tolstoy versus Hegel’s “world-historical individual”. Dostoevsky’s Demons I—Genesis and Structure. Dostoevsky’s Demons II—Kirillov and Shigalevshchina. The Nietzschean Will and the Rejection of the Subject. Russian Revolutionary Terrorism—from Saintliness to Decadence. The Terrorist Performances of Boris Savinkov. Camus and the Just Assassins.Platonov and the New Soviet Man.
Man and Superman in Literature, Philosophy, Film II: Desire in Film Noir
Film Noir in Cinema History. Desire in Hitchcock. The French New Wave. Violence and Desire in Scorsese’s Taxi Driver.

Assessment Elements

Class Participation
At lectures and seminars, students are expected to respond actively to the professor’s guiding questions and asking questions of their own, as well as contribute to class discussions.
Presentation 1
Individual presentation
Final paper (Exam)
The exam (final paper) is conducted in the form of a research essay (1500-2000 words) assigned for homework in the last week of the course and submitted to the course instructor by email on or before the announced deadline.
Presentation 2
The task is prepared and presented in pairs.

Interim Assessment

Interim assessment (4 module)
0.1 * Class Participation + 0.4 * Final paper (Exam) + 0.25 * Presentation 1 + 0.25 * Presentation 2

Bibliography

Recommended Core Bibliography

Evdokimova, S., & Golstein, V. (2016). Dostoevsky Beyond Dostoevsky : Science, Religion, Philosophy. Brighton, MA: Academic Studies Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=1350430
Leiter, B. (2014). Nietzsche on Morality (Vol. 2nd ed). New York: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=864876
Spicer, A. (2010). Historical Dictionary of Film Noir. Lanham: Scarecrow Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=332747

Recommended Additional Bibliography

Flisfeder, M. (2012). The Symbolic, the Sublime, and Slavoj Zizek’s Theory of Film. New York: Palgrave Macmillan. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=620493
Krutnik, F. (1991). In a Lonely Street : Film Noir, Genre, Masculinity. London: Routledge. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=173319
Raubicheck, W., & Srebnick, W. (2011). Scripting Hitchcock : Psycho, The Birds, and Marnie. Urbana: University of Illinois Press. Retrieved from http://search.ebscohost.com/login.aspx?direct=true&site=eds-live&db=edsebk&AN=569583

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