Syllabus

September 10	No Class

September 13 Introduction to Course; Initial Discussion of Kierkegaard

September 15  Kierkegaard, Fear and Trembling

September 20  Fear and Trembling

September 22  Dostoevsky, "Rebellion" (ER)

September 27  Dostoevsky, "The Grand Inquisitor" (ER)

September 29  Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy (ER)

Paper #1 Due October 1, 12 noon, Skinner 205.  Suggested topics

October 4     Sartre, Nausea, pp. 1-90

October 6     Nausea, pp. 90-178

October 13    Heidegger, Being and Time (ER)

October 18    Heidegger, Being and Time, pp. 203-235 (ER)

October 20    Being and Time, pp. 235-246 (ER)

October 25    Sartre, Being and Nothingness,  pp. 3-36, Introduction
                    and Chapter 1, part I

October 27    Being and Nothingness,  pp. 56-116, Part One, Chapter 1, 
                   Part V and Chapter 2

November 1    Being and Nothingness,  pp. 301-303, 340-400, Part Three
                   Chapter One, Part 1 and Part 4
	
November 3    Sartre, No Exit  

November  8   Being and Nothingness,  pp. 471-517, 534-556  Part Three
                   Chapter Three

November 10   Camus, The Myth of Sisyphus, pp. 1-65

Paper #2 Due November 12, noon, Skinner 205  Paper Topics

November 15   The Myth of Sisyphus, pp. 66-123  Study Questions 

November 17   Sartre, "The Humanism of Existentialism" (ER)
              Heidegger, "Letter on Humanism" (ER)

November 22   de Beauvoir, The Second Sex, Introduction, Ch. III 
              Study Questions

November 29   The Second Sex, pp. 128-138, Ch. XI, Ch. XXI, Ch. XXII 
              Study Questions
 
December 1    The Second Sex,  Ch. XXIII, Ch. XXV, Conclusion Study Questions

December 6    Fanon, Black Skins/White Masks, pp. 7-14, 41-62, 83-140

December 8    Black Skins/White Masks, pp. 141-232

December 13   Concluding Discussion 
 

      Paper #3 Due in Class Paper Topics