The seminar will explore the question of what contribution to ethics literature makes in a way that is unique to it. We shall reflect on central epistemes of ethics, but but the focus will be on the special intrinsic value that literature can bring to the reflection and, at the same time, the aesthetic con- and reconfiguration of the ethical in text and context.
We shall concentrate on structural features underlying literary ethics, such as "value judgement", "responsibility", "empathy/sympathy", "vulnerability", "universality/particularity", "plurality/singularity", "dialogue/dialogicity", "fiction/lie", etc., on which theoretical problem horizons will be determined.
Seminar work will turn to a close reading of literary texts and, in this, reflect on ethical practice according to "morality," "welfare," "equality," "alterity," "autonomy," "environment," and to determine formal/structural/textual consequences.
We shall study the following literary examples:
Ian McEwan, Saturday (2005);
Kazuo Ishiguro, Never Let Me Go (2005);
debbie tucker green, truth and reconciliation (2011);
David Greig, The Events (2013);
Sally Rooney, Normal People; (2018).
The texts by Greig and tucker green will be provided for the participants. The novels are available in paperback editions for textual work.
Admission settings
The course is part of admission "ALW/ELW/NELK: Vertiefungsmodul BA: HS".
Bitte beachten Sie, dass die Anmeldung in der vorgezogenen Anmeldephase zur Sicherstellung des Studienfortschritts nur für Studierende in ihrem letzten Studienjahr vorbehalten ist. Anmeldungen die dies nicht erfüllen werden kommentarlos entfernt. Die allgemeine Anmeldephase für alle läuft vom 14.03.2022 bis zum 18.04.2022. The following rules apply for the admission:
A defined number of seats will be assigned to these courses.
The seats in the affected courses have been assigned at 20.04.2022 on 18:00. Additional seats may be available via a wait list.
The enrolment is possible from 14.03.2022, 08:00 to 18.04.2022, 18:00.
This setting is active from 14.03.2022 08:00 to 18.04.2022 18:00. Enrolment is allowed for up to 1 courses of the admission set.
