PdF:HTP013 Applied Musical Semiotics and - Course Information
HTP013 Applied Musical Semiotics and Semantics 2
Faculty of EducationSpring 2025
- Extent and Intensity
- 0/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. PhDr. Marek Sedláček, Ph.D. (lecturer)
- 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 - Prerequisites (in Czech)
- HTP012 Applied Musical Semiotics and Semantics
- Course Enrolment Limitations
- The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
- fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Music Theory and Pedagogy (programme PdF, D-HTEP) (2)
- Musical Theory and Pedagogy (programme PdF, D-SPE) (2)
- Course objectives
- In the second semester, the subject is focused on musical semiosis and semantic analysis of program works. Particular attention is paid to fuzzy semiotics.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end of this course the student will be able to understand the the musical semiotics from the pragmatic point of view of including methodological applications in music education.
- Syllabus
- Basic musical semiotic issues (the definition of music, the boundaries of music and extra-music, metacharacters in music - presentation, representation).
- Exemplification of procedures in the music - semiosis.
- Music semiosis as a social psychological process.
- Stratification of music semiosis.
- Problems of semantical analysis of the programme compositions.
- Fuzzy semiotics
- Literature
- required literature
- 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
- recommended literature
- ECO, Umberto. Teorie sémiotiky. Edited by Marek Sedláček. Vyd. 2., V Argu 1. Praha: Argo, 2009, 440 s. ISBN 9788025701577. info
- not specified
- HAWKES, Terence. Strukturalismus a sémiotika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Host, 1999, 174 s. ISBN 80-86055-62-0. info
- TARASTI, Eero. A theory of musical semiotics. Bloomington: Indiana University Press, 1994, xvi, 328 s. ISBN 0-253-35649-0. info
- SEBEOK, Thomas A. Theorie und Geschichte der Semiotik. Translated by Achim Eschbach. Reinbek bei Hamburg: Rowohlt, 1979, 222 s. ISBN 3499553899. info
- Teaching methods
- Theoretical preparation. Consultations. Semantic analysis.
- Assessment methods
- Oral Exam. 2 questions. The exam content comes from the range of recommended study literature and the programme of both semesters.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- The course is taught annually.
The course is taught: in blocks.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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