Group Questions for Hesse's Steppenwolf

   1. Please note all the references, either explicit or implicit, to Nietzsche or Nietzsche’s philosophy in the book. How does the use of Nietzsche affect the philosophical outlook of the novel?  (Aust, Breen, Toweill, Jensen)

2. What parallels do you see between Harry Haller and the Dostoevsky’s Underground Man? Does the evolution in Harry’s character finally constitute a break between him and the Underground Man? (Barron, Grubbs, Hayhurst, Lyksett)

 

3.  Please identify Nietzsche's three stages of camel, lion, and child in the novel. (Davis, Huckaby, Malmberg, Ragan)

 

4.  What sort of dialectical reasoning to you see operating in the novel? (Buckner, Fuehrer, Monson, Reese, Rubly).

 

Group Questions for Sartre's Nausea (Monday, April 8)

 

I don't have the file from my secretary yet, so, following the hand-out that I gave you in class, here our the group assignments.  If you don't have the hand-out, it will be posted very soon.

        Group 1 (Breen Toweill, Jensen) should do Question #2.

        Group 2 (Barron, Grubbs, Lyksett) should do Question #11.

        Group 3 (Davis, Malmberg, and Hayhurst) should do Question #7.

        Group 4 (Fuehrer, Monson, Reese, Rubly) should combine Questions #5 & #9.

You must have a preparation essay of at least one typewritten (2-spaced) page.  I will check this requirement at the beginning of the period.  Please make two copies, one for me and one for your group writer.  The prep essay is worth 15 pts. and the group paper is also worth 15 pts.