| LEC # | TOPICS/READINGS/FILMS | KEY DATES |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Introduction - Singer, Irving. "Marriage: Same-Sex and Opposite-Sex." In Sex: A Philosophical Primer. | |
| 2 | Singer, Irving. The Pursuit of Love. pp. ix-43. | |
| 3 | Singer, Irving. The Pursuit of Love. pp. 44-107. | |
| 4 | Singer, Irving. The Pursuit of Love. pp. 108-176. | |
| 5 | Bédier, Joseph. The Romance of Tristan and Iseult. (Entire) | |
| 6 | Nietzsche, Friedrich. The Birth of Tragedy and The Case of Wagner. pp. 17-56, 139-92. Wagner Excerpts, and Film (To be Shown in Class): Jourdan, Pierre. Tristan und Isolde (1974). | |
| 7 | Molière. Don Juan. (Entire) Singer, Irving. "Two Essays on the Don Juan Myth in Molière." | |
| 8 | Shaw, George Bernard. Man and Superman. Preface plus "Don Juan in Hell" Scene in Act III. | |
| 9 | Shaw, George Bernard. Pygmalion. Entire, including Preface and Afterword. Film (To be Shown in Class) Asquith, Anthony, and Leslie Howard. Pygmalion (1938). | 1st paper due |
| 10 | Singer, Irving. Explorations in Love and Sex. pp. 105-67. | |
| 11 | Singer, Irving. Explorations in Love and Sex. pp. ix-xiii, 1-45. | |
| 12 | Singer, Irving. Explorations in Love and Sex. pp. 47-104, 217-24. | 2nd paper due |