ESA915 European Culture Studies: Europe and Revolutions

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Řehulková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. Dr. phil. Jakub Mácha, 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
Thu 19. 9. 18:00–19:40 C33, Thu 26. 9. 18:00–19:40 C33, Thu 3. 10. 18:00–19:40 C33, Thu 10. 10. 18:00–19:40 C33, Thu 17. 10. 18:00–19:40 C33, Thu 24. 10. 18:00–19:40 C33, Thu 31. 10. 18:00–19:40 C33, Thu 14. 11. 18:00–19:40 C33, Thu 28. 11. 18:00–19:40 C33, Thu 5. 12. 18:00–19:40 C33, Thu 12. 12. 18:00–19:40 C33, Thu 19. 12. 18:00–19:40 C33
Prerequisites
The course assumes inquisitive students of the humanities and is primarily intended for students of the Aesthetics and Aesthetics and Cultural Studies programs.
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 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce selected political/religious/social caesuras in European history and their artistic (alternately cinematic) representations.
Learning outcomes
The history of European art does not unfold continuously, but rather in fractures, caesuras. We think of the deepest fractures, which are expressions of social, religious or political tensions, as revolutions. The aim of the course is to present selected profound ruptures in the course of art history, always accompanied by a selected film illustration. It will help the ideal graduate to gain some overall, yet plastic view of European culture and history in the characteristics of the periods featured.
Syllabus
  • 19 Sep Renaissance: back to Earth; a return to antiquity 26 Sep Panichella: Titian - the realm of colours 3 Oct Protestantism: back to the text; sola scriptura and iconoclasm 10 Oct Clavell: The Last Valley 17 Oct Romanticism: away from techné; the French Revolution 24 Oct Wajda: Danton 31 Oct Modernism: away from kitsch to artificiality 7 Nov Godard: at the end of breath 14 Nov Conceptualism: away from beauty to meta-art 21 Nov Allen: Hollywood Ending 28 Nov Postmodernism: away from direct representation, ludicism 6 Dec Del Toro: The Face of Water 13 Dec Technology: artificial intelligence and art; the Chinese Room argument, the explosion at the printer and the drugstore Subject to change.
Literature
    required literature
  • SCRUTON, Roger. Západ a ti druzí : globalizace a teroristická hrozba. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. Druhé vydání. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2016, 172 stran. ISBN 9788074851018. info
  • SCRUTON, Roger. Západ a ti druzí : globalizace a teroristická hrozba. Translated by Jiří Ogrocký. Vyd. 1. Brno: Barrister & Principal, 2007, 149 s. ISBN 9788073640422. info
    not specified
  • ŠKLOVSKIJ, Viktor Borisovič. Próza : úvahy a rozbory. Translated by Jiřina Zumrová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1978, 592 s. URL info
  • MARX, Karl. Das Kapital : Kritik der politischen Ökonomie. Berlin: Dietz Verlag, 1951, 1069 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, film projections
Assessment methods
Written test from the text SCRUTON, Roger. The West and the other : globalization and the terrorist threat. The test contains only questions from the book, answers are multiple choice.
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 only once.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2018, Autumn 2021.
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