PHIL 288

Third Assignment due  by 

Sunday, April 27th midnight (PDT)

• Submit both on the main class AND your discussion section Brightspace page (go to Activities-> Assignments)

• 6, max 8 pages, 12pt double-space, at least 1in margins - the name of your file won't matter, as it will be automatically processed by Turnitin (which will check for plagiarism and AI-generated content) when you submit

• Must be a .pdf file

You can either rewrite one of Assignment #1 or #2, or follow one of three prompts below.

If you choose to rewrite, please email me an outline (no draft!) of how you intend to expand on that paper and I'll give you my feedback. 

Prompts: Compare and Contrast

a. Two opposite views on Love from "The Seducer's Diary"

Do the following:

1. Describe and analyze Cordelia's view on love - use Cordelia's three letters quoted by A (the ostensible editor of the Seducer’s Diary), pp. 15-17 in the Hong translation.

2. Describe and analyze Johannes' view on his love for Cordelia in the "aesthetic sense", using evidence from the Seducer's Diary from p.117 and pp.198-200

3. Decide if either is an adequate conception of love, and say why. If neither is, describe what is lacking in each.

b. Sartre and Beauvoir on Love

Do the following:

1. Describe and situate Sartre's account of love, as it emerges from textual evidence (use relevant passages from "Being and Nothingness")

2.  Describe and situate Beauvoir's account of love, as it emerges from textual evidence (use relevant passages from "The Second Sex")

3. Explain the commonalities between the two views

4. Decide which of the two accounts is more adequate and say why 

c. From cinema: Breathless and L'Atalante 

Do the following:

1. Describe the situation of Michel and Patricia in Breathless

2. Describe the situation of Jean and Juliette in L'Atalante

3. What are the differences between the two relationships? 

4. Describe how love is depicted in each film, especially as regards the connection between love and loyalty or betrayal. Make sure to discuss different employments of the cinematic medium