Date: Fri, 29 Mar 1996 13:11:22 -0500 (CDT) From: schrift-AT-AC.GRIN.EDU (Alan Schrift) Subject: Re: Suggestions on Nietzsche please. . . >I'm teaching an Introduction to Comparative Literature entitled Crises as >Crossroads this fall. The class will likely be rather heterogeneous, >consisting of some hard-core comp lit majors, a few young, 1st and 2nd >yr., folks still exploring introductory courses for possible majors, and >a cross section (age wise) of students simply seeking to fulfill this or >that breadth requirement for the university. > >I intend to tuse the topic to introduce students to the critical study of >literature and literary theory by focusing on the relationship between >crisis and creativity (I had originally described the course as studying >writing about being at the end of your rope; how do you think you got >there, how does it feel, what do you do when you get there, how do you >know you are really at the end, etc.). > >I've wanted to include some theoretical/philosophical texts, alongside >certain literary works, and it has occurred to me (from a long-ago >reading) that Nietzsche might fit well here (engaging, not too hard to >read for those who haven't read a lot of philosophy or theory) and so I >wondered if someone on this list (since my understanding of what's >valuable in Nietzsche, apart from personal pleasure in reading him, comes >from Deleuze) might be able to suggest a particular text (or fragments) >that would be suited to the course. Of course, if the request inspires >you to think of something else entirely, I'd welcome such suggestions as >well. Thanks > >Best, > >Santiago Santiago, I've used in a similar course N's "On truth and lies in an extra-moral sense," which raises many issues relevant to literature and literary theory. (You might want to look at Sarah Kofman's _Nietzsche and Metaphor_ to see how she discusses this piece [in Chap. 4]). Another suggestion (please forgive the self-reference), focused specifically on N's comments on "Interpretation" is the selections I included in _Transforming the Hermeneutic Context: From Nietzsche to Nancy_, ed. Gayle L. Ormiston and Alan Schrift (SUNY Press, 1990), which includes about twenty pages of what I think are N's most significant remarks on interpretation, especially as they relate to literary theory. Best, Alan Schrift ------------------
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