Ethics and the Complexities of Experience


On the first semester of year 2019-20, we will meet every other week to comment upon various philosophical aspects of the scheduled novel. Meetings will be held on Fridays from 4pm to 6pm. Each session will be divided into two parts. Part One will include a short presentation a philosophical point regarding the novel and a general discussion of this point. Part Two will be open to all sorts of questions: narrative, stylistic and so on.

Schedule
4-Oct: Evelio Rosero, Los ejércitos (1-72). Speaker: Leonardo González | Handout
25-Oct: Evelio Rosero, Los ejércitos (73-142). Speaker: Alejandro Fontcuberta | Handout
8-Nov: Evelio Rosero, Los ejércitos (143-203). Speaker: Ana Batalla
29-Nov: Nora Strejilevich, Un día, allá por el fin del mundo (sections I-II). Speaker: Josep E. Corbí
13-Dec: Nora Strejilevich, Un día, allá por el fin del mundo (sections III-IV). Speaker: Claudia Compte
20-Dec: Nora Strejilevich, Un día, allá por el fin del mundo (sections v-VI).
17-Jan: Julian Barnes, The Only Story (Part One)
14-Feb: Julian Barnes, The Only Story (Parts Two and Three)
28-Feb: Franz Kafka, The Castle (ch. 1-3)

Organizer
Josep E. Corbí
Chon Tejedor

Contact
josep.corbi # uv.es

Research project PGC2018-093982-B-I00 funded by MCIN/AEI/FEDER