Provides a broad range of courses in European as well as non-European Literatures. Highly innovative M.A. and Ph.D. programs are designed for students who are interested in reading the history of philosophy extending from early Greek thought, through Descartes, Spinoza, Leibniz and Kant, to more contemporary thinkers such as Hegel, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Foucault, Irigary and Derrida. While focusing on 19th and 20th century Continental Philosophy and the historical sources of these movements, students are provided with the necessary background to become converstant with other philosophical traditions and styles. Our field of inquiry is not art, literature, culture, or religious or epistemological systems, but the interactions and relations of these disciplines that are too often treated as discrete. Seminars taught in French, although thesis may be written in other languages.
Students can expect a high degree of personal attention and interaction with the faculty.
The M.A. in Modern Literary Studies strives to open up for discussion and research a wide range of modern literature and cultural criticism. Ph.D. in Comparative Literature by thesis. University of Washington Graduate Program in Critical Theory Seattle, WA Ph.D. in conjunction with various departments.