Mythos and Logos: Myth and Reason in Ancient Greek Thought Philosophy and Religious Studies Core Course With study tours to Athens and Hamburg Fall 2017 The Long Tour Destinations in Greece: Athens Delphi Delos Sounion The Short Tour Destinations in Germany: Lübeck Hamburg
Course Format We will use Copenhagen as our primary meeting place and continue to study more intensely on the two study tours through Germany and Greece. On the study tours, both the course instructors, as well as on-site, expert guest lecturers will give lectures. Meeting Times Monday and Thursday 8:30-9:50 Course Instructors Jakob Due Lorentzen, Ph.D. candidate, University of Aarhus, 2017-. Cand. Mag. in Philosophy, University of Copenhagen, 2004. MA in Philosophy, Stony Brook University, 2002. Program Director, European Humanities, 2008-2017. With DIS since 2006. Email: jlo@dis.dk K. Brian Söderquist, Ph.D. in philosophical theology, University of Copenhagen, 2005. M.A.R. in philosophy of religion, Yale University, 1994. B.A. in philosophy and natural sciences, Utah State University, 1990. With DIS since 2000. Email: bso@dis.dk DIS Contact Sanne Rasmussen, Program Coordinator, European Humanities Department, sra@dis.dk Course Requirements Two in-class exams on the course readings and study tour lectures. No make-up exams will be given without the prior consent of the instructors. An 8-10 page research paper. Guidelines for the research papers will be distributed in class. Engagement in class in Copenhagen as well as in Germany and Greece. Grade Components Midterm Exam: 25% Final Exam: 25% Research paper: 40% Engagement: 10% Computer policy: No computers in class. No surfing or texting during class. Disability and Resource Statement Any student who has a need for accommodation based on the impact of a disability should immediately contact Office of Academic Support (acadsupp@dis.dk) to coordinate this. In order to receive accommodations, students should inform the instructor of approved DIS accommodations.
Reading List Homer, The Odyssey The Homeric Hymns Hesiod, Theogony Apollodorus, Library of Greek Mythology Sophocles, Oedipus the King Aeschylus, The Eumenides Plato, Phaedo, Apology, Republic Hegel, Lectures on Aesthetics Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy Heidegger, Sojourns Heidegger, The Origin of the Work of Art Fritz Graf, Greek Mythology: An Introduction Michael Kellogg, The Greek Search for Wisdom
Course Schedule 1. Thursday, Aug. 24 Myth and Reason Reading: Graf, A Provisional Definition, in Greek Mythology (on Canvas, print and bring to class); Kellogg, The Glory That Was Greece, in The Greek Search for Wisdom (on Canvas, print and bring to class). 2. Monday, Aug. 28 Epic Myth: Homer and Hesiod Reading: Homer, The Cyclops, in The Odyssey (on Canvas, print and bring to class); Hesiod, Theogony, esp. pp. 21-25 on the war of the gods. 3. Thursday, Aug. 31 Mythos, Logos, and Hegel s Conception of Greek Religion Reading: Hegel s Lectures on the Philosophy of Art, vol. 1, pp. 8-11, 453-475 (on Canvas, print and bring to class). Suggested reading: Jon Stewart on Hegel s Lectures on the Philosophy of Religion (on Canvas). 4. Monday, Sept. 4 Tragic Myth: Sophocles Reading: Sophocles, King Oedipus. 5. Thursday, Sept. 7 Tragic Myth: Euripides Reading: Euripides, The Bacchae. Core Course Week: Philosophy of Art Monday, Sept. 11 (Morning Session 10:00-12:00) 6. Do Artworks Work? Reading: Heidegger, The Origin of the Work of Art in Poetry, Language, Thought, pp. 32-48. (Afternoon Session 13:00-15:00) 7. Do Artworks Work? (Visual Art) Reading: Heidegger, The Origin of the Work of Art in Poetry, Language, Thought, Epilogue, pp. 77-79. Tuesday, Sept. 12 (Morning Field Study: Meet at 10:00 at Katz Café at address Frederiksholms Kanal 1) 8. Do Artworks Work? (Sculpture) Sculpture collection at the Glyptotek. 9. Wednesday, Sept. 13 (10:00-11:30) Exam 1.
Short Study Tour Thursday, Sept. 14 Class in Lübeck Friday, Sept. 15 Class in Hamburg Saturday, Sept. 16 Class in Hamburg (End of core course week) 11. Monday, Sept. 18 Study Tour Discussion 12. Thursday, Sept. 21 Apollo and Dionysus Reading: Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy, pp. 14-28. 13. Monday, Sept. 25 Plato on Art and Truth Reading: Plato, Republic, Book X. 14. Thursday, Sept. 28 Socratic Reason Reading: Nietzsche, The Birth of Tragedy, pp. 51-75. 15. Monday, Oct. 2 Heidegger and the Flight of the Gods Reading: Heidegger, Sojourns, pp. 1-28. 16. Thursday, Oct. 5 In Heidegger s Footsteps Reading: Heidegger, Sojourns, pp. 29-58. Long Study Tour Monday, Oct. 9 Class in Athens Tuesday, Oct. 10 Class in Athens Wednesday, Oct. 11 Class in Delphi
Thursday, Oct. 12 Class in Delos Friday, Oct. 13 Class in Delos Saturday, Oct. 14 Class in Sounion (End of long study tour) 17. Monday, Oct. 16 Study Tour Discussion 18. Monday, Oct. 23 Exam 2 Wednesday, Nov. 15 Afternoon/evening session (15:00-20:00) Philosophy Program concluding social Final paper due Friday Nov. 17