HV3DC_SEM Semiotics

Faculty of Education
Spring 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/0/10. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Marek Sedláček, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Marek Sedláček, Ph.D.
Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Contact Person: doc. PhDr. Marek Sedláček, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Music – Faculty of Education
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
At the end of this course the student will be able to understand musical structure as specific signs and interpret them from the semiotic perspective.
Syllabus
  • The program of lectures: 1. Relation between aesthetics and theory of art. Art, its classification, specificity of art communication, means of artistic expression. 2. Function, potential and actualized value, changeability of norms. 3. The Development of general, artistic and music semiotics 4. The main kinds of sign: icon, index and symbol; a theory of signs (type, token, interpretant etc.) 5. Art work as a sign system, codes in music and other kinds of art 6. The analysis of art work 7. Art work in time of its technical reproducibility 8. Mass culture in general term 9. The Kitsch as a product of mass culture; problem of advertisement; the midcult. 10. Relationship between art and non-art, commerciality in music. 11. Pragmatic level of semiotics
Literature
  • FALTUS, L. Hudební sémiotika pro skladatele. Brno : JAMU, 1993.
  • FUKAČ, J. - POLEDŇÁK, I. K~typologickým polarizacím hudby, zejména polarizaci hudby artificiální a nonartificiální. Hudební věda, 1977, č. 4.
  • MAREK, Z. FALTUS, L. K~sémantické analýze hudebního díla. Brno : PdF UJEP, 1982.
  • JIRÁNEK, J. Tajemství hudebního významu. Praha : Academia, 1979.
  • ECO, Umberto. Teorie sémiotiky. Edited by Marek Sedláček. Vyd. 2., V Argu 1. Praha: Argo, 2009, 440 s. ISBN 9788025701577. info
  • CHVATÍK, Květoslav. Strukturální estetika. Vyd. 2., přeprac. Brno: Host, 2001, 210 s. ISBN 80-7294-027-9. info
  • HAWKES, Terence. Strukturalismus a sémiotika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Host, 1999, 174 s. ISBN 80-86055-62-0. info
  • KULKA, Tomáš. Umění a kýč. Praha: Torst, 1994, 183 s. ISBN 80-85639-17-3. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří, Jaroslav JIRÁNEK and Ivan POLEDŇÁK. Základy hudební sémiotiky (The Principles of Music Semiotics). Brno: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 787 pp. ISBN 80-210-0373-1. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Základy hudební sémiotiky. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 303 s. ISBN 8021003731. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Základy hudební sémiotiky. D. 3. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1992. ISBN 80-210-0567-X. info
Teaching methods
Lecture, consultations. Theoretical preparation. Homeworks.
Assessment methods
Colloquium. Discussion on the basis of reading of recommended literature. 2 question from the range of lecture programme of the course.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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