This section deals with the concept of evil and the way it is portrayed in both fiction and non-fiction.
How can we define evil?
Do we need evil to understand what is good?
Is man fundamentally evil or good – or do we all possess both elements?
What triggers evil and what prevents it from surfacing?
Why are we so fascinated by evil?
1.læsning: The philosophy of evil
2.læsning: Picture analysis + translation
3.æsning: "Why not everyone is a torturer" (article, 2004)
4.læsning: "Bad or mad" (article, 2004)
5. læsning: "Warning to parents" (poem, 1964)
6.læsning: "Hawk roosting" (poem, 1960)
Ted Hughes: Hawk Roosting (1960) - poetry
Lord Alfred Tennyson: The Eagle (1851) - poetry, fragment
7.læsning: E.A.Poe: The Tell-tale Heart (1843)
*Forløbet er fra Wider Contexts. Supplerende materialer er hentet fra Systime
Natural evil vs. moral evil
Four Types of Moral evil
Hannah Arendt's report on the banality of evil
(doing evil vs. being evil)
Stressed syllable: - (trykstærk stavelse)
unstressed syllable: u (tryksvag stavelse)
Verse line: verslinje (en enkelt linje i et digt)
Stanza: strofe (et antal sammenhængende linjer i digtet)
Metric foot: versefod
Type of feet: di-syllables (iamb, trochee) and tri-syllables (dactyl)
Iamb: u - (unstressed + stressed syllable)
Trochee: - u (stressed + unstressed syllable)
dactyl: - u u
Tri-meter, tetra-meter, penta-meter, hexa-meter: hhv. 3, 4, 5, eller 6 trykstærke stavelser pr. linje
Poetic meter: versemål (enten "iambic", "trocheic", or "dactylic")
Blank verse: ingen rytme i verslinjen
couplet, triplet, quardrouplet: hhv. 2, 3 og 4 sammenhængende verslinjer i et digt.
Turn: vendepunkt