PHIL 107 - Philosophy and Literature

3 unit(s)
In depth exploration of philosophical themes of one or more literary works of enduring cultural, historical, and philosophical significance. Examples of texts that might be covered: Homer’s Odyssey; the Epic of Gilgamesh; Dante’s Divine Comedy; Cervantes’ Don Quixote; Milton’s Paradise Lost; Shakespeare’s Richard III; Woolf’s To the Lighthouse; García Márquez’s One Hundred Years of Solitude; Chinua Achebe’s Things Fall Apart; Atwood’s The Handmaid’s Tale; Octavia Butler’s Parable of the Sower.

Satisfies GE UD Area: 3.Cultures and Global Understanding (Formerly Area V).

Prerequisite(s): 3 units of Philosophy or upper division standing.
Grading: Letter Graded

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