ESA030 Søren Kierkegaard: Existence and Drama

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2018
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: k (colloquium). Other types of completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 16:00–17:40 K21
Prerequisites
Requirements: Interest in the philosophical understanding,but no special knowledge of /from the history of philosophy is needed.
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
there are 12 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Main objectives can be summarized as follows: to understand Kierkegaard's categories and concepts for the existential analysis of art, especially of theatre and drama. At the end of the course student should be able to analyze and to interpret similar artistic phenomena.
Learning outcomes
Ability to analyze selected phenomena with the help of Kierkegaard's concepts and categories, the creative thought-experimenting about sense of art and existence.
Syllabus
  • Kierkegaard, Theatre and Drama (Philosophy of)
  • Kierkegaard and Aristotle's POETICS, concept of catharsis and dramatic plot [muthos]
  • Concepts of decision-making and free-choice [proairesis] in Nicomachean Ethics and in Either/Or
  • Kierkegaard's definition of the tragic in "The Ancient Tragic's Reflexion in the Modern"
  • Category of crisis [krinein] in "A Crisis and the Crisis in the Life of an Actress"
  • Don Juan and the category of seduction, aesthetic appreciation of Mozart's Don Giovanni in Either/Or, "A Passing Comment on one Peculiarity in Don Giovanni"
  • Kierkegaard in the modern aesthetics: his influence on Adorno, Heidegger, Levinas, Derrida and Post-Modernism
Literature
  • KIERKEGAARD, Soren Aabye. Suďte sami! (Přít.) : Nácvik křesťanství ; Suďte sami! info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr. Kierkegaard o estetice divadla a dramatu (Kierkegaard on Theatre and Drama). Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury CDK, 2007, 246 pp. Studia Kierkegaardiana, sv. 3. ISBN 978-80-7325-125-3. info
  • UMLAUF, Václav. Kierkegaard : hermeneutická interpretace. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2005, 318 s. ISBN 8073250640. info
  • KIERKEGAARD, Soren Aabye. Nácvik křesťanství ;Suďte sami! Translated by Marie Mikulová-Thulstrupová. 1. vyd. Brno: CDK, 2002, 279 s. ISBN 80-7325-004-7. info
  • KIERKEGAARD, Soren Aabye. Skutky lásky :několik křesťanských úvah ve formě proslovů. 1. vyd. Brno: Centrum pro studium demokracie a kultury, 2000, 271 s. ISBN 80-85959-68-2. info
  • KIERKEGAARD, Soren Aabye. Tři páteční pozvání k Večeři Páně : Celník (Obsaž.) : Hříšnice (Obsaž.) : Tre taler ved Altergangen om Fredagen (Orig.) : Velekněz (Obsaž.). 1. vyd. Praha: Kalich, 2000, 77 s. ISBN 17-8017-517-6. info
  • KIERKEGAARD, Soren. Filosofické drobky aneb Drobátko filosofie. Translated by Marie Mikulová-Thulstrupová. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 152 s. ISBN 80-7198-197-4. info
  • KIERKEGAARD, Soren. Filosofické drobky aneb Drobátko filosofie. Translated by Marie Mikulová-Thulstrupová. Olomouc: Votobia, 1997, 152 s. ISBN 80-7198-197-4. info
  • ROHDE, Peter P. Kierkegaard. Translated by Jiří Horák. Olomouc: Votobia, 1995, 187 s. ISBN 80-85885-29-8. info
  • ROHDE, Peter P. Kierkegaard. Translated by Jiří Horák. Olomouc: Votobia, 1995, 187 s. ISBN 80-85885-29-8. info
  • KIERKEGAARD, Søren Aabye. Bázeň a chvění : [dialektická lyrika] ; Nemoc k smrti : [křesťanská psychologická úvaha ke vzdělání a probuzení]. Edited by Søren Aabye Kierkegaard, Translated by Marie Mikulová Thulstrup. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda-Libertas, 1993, 249 s. ISBN 8020503609. info
  • KIERKEGAARD, Søren Aabye. Současnost. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1969, 76 s. info
  • KIERKEGAARD, Søren Aabye. Okamžik. Translated by Milada Krausová-Lesná. V Praze: Nákladem Jana Laichtera na Král. Vinohradech, 1911, ix, 260. info
Teaching methods
Every lecture requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
written test, oral exam
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course is taught annually.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky.
Information on course enrolment limitations: posluchači bc. estetiky, kteří začali své studium před více než třemi semestry, musí mít splněnu postupovou zkoušku (ESAPZE), jinak si tento předmět nemohou zapsat. Pro ostatní obory není zápis omezen.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021.
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