FF:ESA217 The Contemporary Aesthetics - Course Information
ESA217 The Selected Topics of Contemporary Aesthetics
Faculty of ArtsAutumn 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
In-person direct teaching - Teacher(s)
- doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Řehulková, Ph.D. (lecturer) - Guaranteed by
- doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 8:00–9:40 L31, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
- Prerequisites
- An Introduction to Philosophy An Introduction to Aesthetics
- 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 60 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 17/60, only registered: 0/60, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/60 - fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
- Aesthetics and Culture Studies (programme FF, N-EST_) (3)
- Aesthetics and Culture Studies (programme FF, N-HS)
- Aesthetics and Culture Studies (programme FF, N-OT) (2)
- Aesthetics (programme FF, M-HS)
- Aesthetics (programme FF, M-OT) (2)
- Course objectives
- Selected figures and theories since 1950 till the present. An explication of relations among particular theories. Present axiology in the light of history. A synthetic survey of the branch, many-ways influences among theories, basic epistemological or ontological relations to Plato philosophy.
- Learning outcomes
- At the end, students are well informed about the main trends in the contemporary aesthetics.
- Syllabus
- 1/ History and contemporary art 2/ R. Scruton and I. Kant 3/ Pragmatism and post-pragmatism 4/ the tradition of phenomenology 5/ Reader-response criticism 6/ The Frankfurt School and psychoanalysis 7/ Aesthetics and politics 8/ Semiotics and interpretation 9/ Fake and kitsch 10/ Cognitive sciences and the value of art and art criticism
- Literature
- required literature
- Estetika na přelomu milénia : vybrané problémy současné estetiky. Translated by Pavel Zahrádka. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2010, 486 s. ISBN 9788087474112. info
- recommended literature
- Aesthetics and the philosophy of art : the analytic tradition : an anthology. Edited by Peter Lamarque - Stein Haugom Olsen. 1st pub. Malden: Blackwell, 2004, xii, 571. ISBN 9781405105828. info
- PERNIOLA, Mario. Estetika 20. století : L'estetica del novecento (Orig.). Vyd. 1. V Praze: Karolinum, 2000, 169 s. ISBN 80-246-0213-X. info
- PECHAR, Jiří. Dvacáté století v zrcadle literatury. Praha: Filosofia, 1999, 582 s. ISBN 80-7007-124-9. info
- Encyclopedia of aesthetics. Edited by Michael Kelly. New York: Oxford University Press, 1998, xvii, 521. ISBN 0195126459. info
- A companion to aesthetics. Edited by David Cooper. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995, xiii, 466. ISBN 0-631-19659-5. info
- JOHNSON, Paul. Dějiny 20. století. Praha: Rozmluvy, 1991, 845 s. ISBN 80-85336-07-3. info
- MORPURGO-TAGLIABUE, Guido. Současná estetika. Edited by Miloš Jůzl, Translated by Zdena Plošková. 1. vyd. Praha: Odeon, 1985, 552 s. URL info
- LAMAČ, Miroslav. Myšlenky moderních malířů. 3., v NČVU 1, vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství československých výtvarných umělců, 1968. info
- Teaching methods
- 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 - if things go well.
- Assessment methods
- The course is finalized by a written test (lectures and primary literature). In consist of 5 open questions.
- Language of instruction
- Czech
- Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
- Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
General note: Předmět je vhodný pro všechny obory MU !. - Teacher's information
- http://plato.stanford.edu/
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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