LIT 386 Literary Philosophers

This course examines the creative and philosophical works of “literary philosophers.” Writers in this category demonstrate a deep understanding of “literarity.” They also position literature against the metaphysical limits of philosophical discourse, transforming the relationship between imaginative language and denotative language. Writers may include, Franz Kafka, Gustave Flaubert, Don Delillo, Marilynne Robinson, Jacques Derrida, Jean-Luc Nancy, and Alain Badiou among others.

3 credit hours