| Course title | Philosophy Reading Group 21 (The Birth of Tragedy) |
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| Course code | KFI/BPR21 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 4 |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
| Course availability | The course is available to visiting students |
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The course focuses on reading and analysing Friedrich Nietzsche's first book, The Birth of Tragedy. Students will engage not only with the text itself but also with the broader intellectual, cultural, and philosophical context in which it was written. This includes an introduction to the philosophies of Schiller, Schopenhauer, Wagner, and Buddhism, insofar as they shed light on Nietzsche's work. Finally, the course explores the book's significance for everyday life. Literatura: - Magnus, Bernd, and Kathleen Higgins, eds. The Cambridge Companion to Nietzsche. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1996. - May, Rollo. The Cry for Myth. London and New York: W. W. Norton & Company, 1991. - Nehamas, Alexander. Nietzsche: Life as Literature. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Harvard University Press, 1999. - Nietzsche, Friedrich. Die Geburt Der Tragödie. Stuttgart: Reclam, 2010. - "On Music and Words." In Between Romanticism and Modernism: Four Studies in the Music of the Later Nineteenth. Berkeley, Los Angeles, and London: University of California Press, 1989. - The Birth of Tragedy and Other Writings. Edited by Raymond Geuss and Ronald Speirs. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. - "The Case of Wagner: A Musician's Problem." In The Anti-Christ, Ecce Homo, Twilight of the Idols and Other Writings, edited by Aaron Ridley and Judith Norman. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. - Young, Julian. Friedrich Nietzsche: A Philosophical Biography. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
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The course introduces students to Friedrich Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy.
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Attendance: a maximum of two absences is allowed to accommodate for personal emergencies. In case of absence, the student should be prepared for the next lesson regardless. Reading the required texts and being prepared for discussion. Active participation in class. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2019) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2022) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Philosophy (2022) | Category: Philosophy, theology | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |