ESA003 Seminar in the History of Aesthetics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2025
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Hana Řehulková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Hana Řehulková, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ESA001 Seminar in Aesthetics
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
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Course objectives
The course is designed for students in their second semester. The seminar introduces students to the milestones in aesthetic thought in the history of western culture. The courses focusses on reading and interpreting the basic texts in the area.
Learning outcomes
Student will be able to:
- to interpret basic texts of aesthetics
- to formulate the main ideas of the text in relation to aesthetical theory
- to use the basic terms of aesthetics
Syllabus
  • 1/ Plato: Hippias Větší; Kelly: Plato 2/ Aristotle: Poetika; Kelly: Aristotle 3/ Plotinus: Dvě pojednání o kráse – O krásném; Kelly: Plotinus 4/ Hume: O měřítku vkusu; Kelly: Hume 5/ Diderot: Filosofické úvahy o původu a povaze krásna; Kelly: Diderot – Survey of Thought 6/ Kant: Kritika soudnosti – Úvod; Kelly: Kant – On Beauty 7/ Hegel: Přednášky o estetice; Kelly: Hegel 8/ Nietzsche: Zrození tragédie z ducha hudby; Kelly: Nietzsche 9/ Adorno: Estetická teorie; Kelly: Adorno
Literature
  • PLÓTÍNOS. Dvě pojednání o kráse. Edited by Petr Rezek. Praha: Rezek, 1994, 139 s. ISBN 8090179622. info
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Zrození tragédie : z ducha hudby. Translated by Otokar Fischer. Praha: Gryf, 1993, 81 s. info
  • PLATÓN. Dialogy o kráse : Faidrós (Obsaž.) : Hippias Větší (Obsaž.) : Ión (Obsaž.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1979, 230 s. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Kritika soudnosti. Edited by Milan Sobotka, Translated by Vladimír Špalek - Walter Hansel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1975, 271 s. info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Poetika : o básnické tvorbě. Translated by Antonín Kříž. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1948, 123 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Reading and interpretation of the basic texts of aesthetics.
Assessment methods
1/dutiful attendance 2/homework for each lesson 3/oral colloquium
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 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024.
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