UEV_24 Selected issues of aesthetics I

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 6 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jozef Cseres, PhD. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Lubomír Spurný, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Alena Albíniová
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 12:00–13:40 N41, except Thu 16. 11.
Prerequisites
Orientation in modern aesthetical thought.
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 100 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 33/100, only registered: 0/100, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/100
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 27 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Graduate of the course will achieve an overview of the actual innovations and categories in the realm of aesthetics.
Learning outcomes
Student will be informed about the transformations of aesthetical thought in the 20th century as well as about the recent actualizations of main aesthetical categories.
Syllabus
  • 1. Introduction to the issues – shaping the modern aesthetic thinking 2. Basic aesthetic concepts and categories 3. Beauty 4. Ugly and hideous 5. Sublime 6. Comical and grotesques 7. Ethos and pathos 8. Rhythm and harmony 9. Mimésis and imitatio 10. Kitsch and cliché
Literature
    required literature
  • DANTO, Arthur C. Zneužitie krásy : estetika a pojem umenia. Translated by Jozef Cseres. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Kalligram, 2008, 208 s. ISBN 9788081010255. info
  • Dějiny ošklivosti. Edited by Umberto Eco, Translated by Iva Adámková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2007, 455 s. ISBN 9788072038930. info
  • Dějiny krásy. Edited by Umberto Eco, Translated by Gabriela Chalupská. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2005, 439 s. ISBN 8072036777. info
  • KULKA, Tomáš. Umění a falzum : monismus a dualismus v estetice. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2004, 182 s. ISBN 802000954X. info
  • SCHNEIDER, Norbert. Dejiny estetiky od osvietenstva po postmodernu. 1. vyd. Bratislava: Kalligram, 2002, 341 s. ISBN 80-7149-482-8. info
  • KULKA, Tomáš. Umění a kýč. Vyd. 2., rozš. Praha: Torst, 2000, 292 s. ISBN 80-7215-128-2. info
    not specified
  • Umění, krása, šeredno : texty z estetiky 20. století. Edited by Vlastimil Zuska. Vyd. 1. Praha: Karolinum, 2003, 369 s. ISBN 8024605406. info
  • LYOTARD, Jean-François. Putování a jiné eseje. Praha: Herrmann & synové, 2001, 149 s. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Kritika soudnosti. Edited by Milan Sobotka, Translated by Vladimír Špalek - Walter Hansel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1975, 271 s. info
  • HANSLICK, Eduard. O hudebním krásnu : příspěvek k revizi hudební estetiky. Translated by Jaroslav Střítecký. 1. vyd. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1973, 137 s. info
Teaching methods
lecture, discussion
Assessment methods
class discussion, final test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
Listed among pre-requisites of other courses
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2024.
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