FF:CJBD01 Lit. Crit. and Aesthetics I - Course Information

CJBD01 Literary Criticism and Aesthetics I

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).

Teacher(s)

prof. PhDr. Milan Suchomel, CSc. (lecturer)

Guaranteed by

doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Veronika Bromová, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts

Timetable

Wed 14:00–15:40 D32, except Wed 15. 11.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 22 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 6/22, only registered: 0/22, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/22

fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with

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Course objectives

Course description. The relationship between the two sciences is presented from the point of view of literary science, i.e. how is literary science connected with the problems aesthetics is dealing with, what can aesthetics provide literary science with, how can more general statesments of aesthetics help in more particular problems literary science is trying to solve. In the lecture there will also be mentioned basic terms of aesthetics and literary science and specifics of artistic communication.

Learning outcomes

The students after finishing the course should be able:
to become familiar with primary and secondary literary theoretical and aesthetic sources connected to the subject;
to develop a basic set of concepts anchored in elementary conceptions of ancient philosophy and aesthetics
to formulate and interpret literary critical concepts and strategies in a wider context of history, sociology, linguistics, psychology and aesthetics
to adopt literary critical concepts and approaches to be applied to particular literary critical and artistic texts.

Syllabus

• 1. Aesthetics - temptation and challenge. 2. Attempts to define aesthetics. 3. The main theses and contradictions of European aesthetic thinking in the works of Plato, Aristotle and Kant. 4. The symbiosis of aesthetics and philosophy. 5. Mimesis and poiesis. 6. Realism and reality; truth and semblance; the plurality world - reference; semantics of possible worlds. 7. Aesthetic reference and aesthetic attitude. 8. Possible ways of reading.

Literature

• ZIMA, Petr V. Literární estetika. 2. vyd. Olomouc: Votobia, 1998, 447 s. ISBN 80-7198-329-2. info
• JŮZL, Miloš and Dušan PROKOP. Úvod do estetiky :předmět a metody, dějiny, systém estetických kategorií a pojmů. 1. vyd. Praha: Panorama, 1989, 427 s. ISBN 80-7038-051-9. info
• SOURIAU, Étienne. Encyklopedie estetiky. Translated by Zdeněk Hrbata. [1. vyd.]. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1994, 939 s. ISBN 80-85605-18-X. info
• HENCKMANN, Wolfhart and Konrad LOTTER. Estetický slovník. Translated by Dušan Prokop. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1995, 229 s. ISBN 8020504788. info
• VOLEK, Jaroslav. Kapitoly z dějin estetiky : od antiky k počátku XX. století. 1. vyd. Praha: Panton, 1969, 268 s. URL info
• GILBERT, Katharine Everett and Helmut KUHN. Dějiny estetiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury a umění, 1965, 502 s. info
• MORPURGO-TAGLIABUE, Guido. Současná estetika. Edited by Miloš Jůzl, Translated by Zdena Plošková. 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon, 1985, 552 s. URL info
• Umění, krása, šeredno; texty z estetiky 20. století. ed. Vlastimil Zuska, Praha: Karolinum, 2003.
• CHVATÍK, Květoslav. Člověk a struktury :kapitoly z neostrukturálnív poetiky a estetiky. Vyd. 1. Praha: Český spisovatel, 1996, 206 s. ISBN 80-202-0583-7. info
• MATHAUSER, Zdeněk. Mezi filosofií a poezií. Vyd. 1. Praha: Filosofia, 1995, 143 s. ISBN 80-7007-067-6. info
• MATHAUSER, Zdeněk. Estetické alternativy :jazyk vědy a jazyk poezie. Praha: Gryf, 1994, 141 s. ISBN 80-85829-08-8. info
• CHVATÍK, Květoslav. Strukturální estetika :řád věcí a řád člověka. 1. vyd. Praha: Victoria Publishing, 1994, 86 s. ISBN 80-85865-03-3. info
• JANKOVIČ, Milan. Dílo jako dění smyslu. 1. vyd. Praha: Pražská imaginace ve spolupráci s Ústavem pro českou a slovenskou literaturu ČSAV, 1992, 94 p. ISBN 8071100609. info
• MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Studie z estetiky. Edited by Květoslav Chvatík. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1966, 371 s. URL info
• MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Kapitoly z české poetiky. Vyd. 2., dopl., ve Svobodě. Praha: Svoboda, 1948, 325 s. URL info
• MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Kapitoly z české poetiky. Vyd. 2., dopl., ve Svobodě. Praha: Svoboda, 1948, 446 s. URL info
• MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Kapitoly z české poetiky. Vyd. 2., dopl., ve Svobodě. Praha: Svoboda, 1948, 349 s. URL info

Teaching methods

Seminar is based on methods of presentation, analysis and synthesis of knowledge.

Assessment methods

In order to be given the credit the students must show their knowledge of the topic during a short oral interview.

Language of instruction

Czech

Follow-Up Courses

• CJBD02 Literary Criticism and Aesthetics II

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět bude otevřen a vyučován při minimálním počtu 10 zapsaných studujících.

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