PH0263 Voltaire

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2014
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Dagmar Pichová, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Josef Krob, CSc.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Hana Holmanová
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/20, only registered: 0/20, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce students to Voltaire and his philosophical thought, especially to the problem of philosophy and "littérature engagée".
Syllabus
  • Voltaire and his time
  • Voltaire and Encyclopedia
  • Philosophy and power
  • Philosophy and litterature
Literature
  • DENIS, Benoît. Littérature et engagement : de Pascal à Sartre. Paris: Seuil, 2000, 316 s. ISBN 2020361582. info
  • VOLTAIRE. Výbor z díla. Translated by Hana Horská. Vyd. 2. Praha: Svoboda, 1989, 246 s. ISBN 802050009X. URL info
  • VOLTAIRE. Romans et contes. Edited by Roland Barthes - José Lupin. Paris: Gallimard, 1981, 602 s. info
  • VOLTAIRE. Romány a povídky. Vyd. v SNKLHU 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1960. info
  • GAY, Peter. Voltaire's politics : the poet as realist. Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1959, xiii, 417. info
  • VOLTAIRE. Voltaire : myslitel a bojovník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství politické literatury, 1957, 513 s. URL info
  • VOLTAIRE. Voltaire : myslitel a bojovník. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství politické literatury, 1957, 599 s. URL info
Teaching methods
e-learning
Assessment methods
homework (study of selected texts), final essay on selected theme (5 pages)
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught: every other week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019.
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