Syllabus: Philosophy 325-01: Nietzsche

Fall Semester, 2010

Professor Drew A. Hyland

 

Office Hours: Tuesday, 1:30-4:00 pm., or by appointment.

Office: McCook 324.

Phone: x2426

Email: Drew.Hyland@trincoll.edu

Website: http://www.trincoll.edu/~dhyland

Grades, etc. will be recorded on the class Moodle sGS 211 SYL 09.HTMite

 

BOOKS:

 

Kaufmann (trans.): Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner

Kaufmann (trans.): The Portable Nietzsche

Parkes (trans): Friedrich Nietzsche: Thus Spoke Zarathustra

 

 

Seminar Assignments:

 

Tues., Sept. 7:                         Introduction

 

Tues., Sept. 14:           Birth of Tragedy (to section 18)

 

Tues., Sept. 21:           Zarathustra: Prologue (both translations)

 

Tues., Sept. 28:           Zarathustra, Part I: Kaufmann, 137-166; Parkes, 23-47

 

Tues., Oct. 5:               Zarathustra, Part I: Kaufmann, 166-191; Parkes, 48-68

 

Tues., Oct. 12:             Trinity Days

 

Tues., Oct. 19:             Zarathustra, Part II: Kaufmann, 195-231; Parkes, 69-103

 

Tues., Oct. 26:             Zarathustra, Part II: Kaufmann, 231-260; Parkes, 103-128

 

Tues., Nov. 2:              Zarathustra, Part III: Kaufmann, 264-303; Parkes, 129-166

 

Tues., Nov. 9:              Zarathustra, Part III: Kaufmann, 303-343; Parkes, 166-203

 

Tues., Nov. 16:            Zarathustra, Part IV: Kaufmann, 349-396; Parkes, 205-247

 

Sun., Nov. 21:*           Zarathustra, Part IV: Kaufmann, 396-439; Parkes, 247-287

 

Tues., Nov. 30:            Twilight of the Idols: 465-513

 

Tues., Dec. 7:              Twilight of the Idols: 513-563

 

 

*: The regular class is the Tuesday evening before Thanksgiving, and I have found that many students cannot attend.  I therefore propose to have this seminar on the Sunday previous to Thanksgiving Tuesday, at 6:45, same place.

 

 

Required Work:

 

  1. Participation in seminar discussion. This is philosophy: no one has the “last word” on the issues we will discuss.  We will all benefit from each other’s questions and insights.  You therefore have an ethical responsibility to share your insights, questions, criticisms, etc. with the class.   15% of final grade.
  2. Protocols: Every other week, each student must come to class prepared with a 1-2 page discussion paper to present to the class.  This protocol should address aspects of the previous week’s class that you find especially important, challenging, or problematic.  They should not be summaries of the entire discussion.  We will begin each class with the presentation of one or two protocols, whose purpose will be to orient the previous week’s material with the assignment for the present class.  Protocols will be collected at the end of class. 15% of final grade.
  3. Seminar presentation: In groups of two or three, each student will make a formal presentation on aspects of the material for the week to the class, and lead a discussion thereon.  The presentation and discussion should take approximately one hour. 20% of final grade.
  4. Two papers, each 10 pages, on some aspect of Nietzsche covered to that point in the course.  Students may elect to continue the theme of the first paper in the second.  These papers should utilize secondary sources.  Due November 2 and December 14.  50% of final grade.

           

 

N.B. No Late Papers!  If any assignment is not done on time, it is an automatic failure.

 

N.B. Attendance: If you have an utter contempt for learning and are here to waste large amounts of your parents’ money, you may miss class whenever you choose.  Let me assure you, your grade will reflect those absences, as you cannot do well if you miss class.  But of course, you also have a contempt for grades.