Università Roma Tre

The Philosophy of Literature course is part of the optional educational activities of the Philosophy degree programme. The course aims to explore the transdisciplinary intersection between philosophy and literature from a theoretical perspective, highlighting concepts and themes that testify how philosophical thought relates to literature in different ways, not so much as an object of analysis, rather in terms of their interaction and proximity. The course will present the theoretical outline of the subject of the course, and will offer an introduction to the main issues that intersect philosophy and literature through a critical analysis of the texts indicated in the syllabus and an exposition of some of today's repercussions on the relationship between philosophy and literature. The teaching aims to
- offer the basic tools for understanding the vocabulary and the main theoretical problems involved in the intersection between philosophical reflection and literature;
- increase students' critical and argumentative skills and train them in the comparative analysis of the topics and authors taken into consideration.
By the end of the course, students will have acquired the following skills
- in-depth understanding of the basic philosophical vocabulary, also in relation to its historical evolution and its connection with literary texts;
- ability to understand, analyse and discuss the basic problems of metaphysics, logic and theory of knowledge, in relation to Western philosophical and literary authors and movements;
- ability to interpret and argue the theses proposed by philosophical and literary texts;
- training in critical thinking skills through comparison with other forms of Western cultural knowledge.