ESA082 Dante and Aesthetics of The Middle Ages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2007
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
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
Timetable
Thu 15:00–16:35 C34
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 140 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/140, only registered: 0/140, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/140
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Introduction into Dante Alighieri's art and philosophy, including summary of medieval Ethics, Aesthetics, Rhetorics, Theology, and Astronomy. Extracts from Dante's works Vita Nuova and Divine Comedy will be read in Czech translations. Students become acquinted with medieval symbolism and allegory and exercised in independent interpretation and judgment.
Syllabus
  • Study materials are placed at www.phil.muni.cz/estetika/dante Dante as Aesthetician: Tatarkiewicz, Eco, Curtius, Auerbach
  • Dante as Philosopher: Gilson, Guardini, Aristotle and his Virtue-Ethics, influence of Avveroism, Boethius, Acquinas and Bonaventura, Reason and Mysticism
  • Dante and the Literary Avant-Guard: Joyce, Beckett, Eliot, Mandelštam, Zahradníček
  • Dante and Painting: Giotto, Signorelli, Michelangelo, Botticelli, Blake, Doré, Dalí et. al.
  • Dante in the medieval world, allegorical meaning of reality, analogia entis, rigid symbolism
  • Dante and Antiquity: transformation of the ancient mythology, Virgil and his Aenead, philosophy of history and divine providence
  • Dante and Modern Physics: vertical concept of time and contemporaneity
Literature
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr. Několik srovnání Samuela Becketta a Dantem Alighierim: reprezentace lidské přirozenosti a očistce (Samuel Beckett and Dante Alighieri: Several Comparisons Concerning Human Nature and Purgatory). SPFFMU. 2008, vol. 2007, V 10, p. 47-55. ISSN 1211-6335. info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr. Jan Zahradníček nad Dantovým Peklem (Jan Zahradníček on the Edge of Dante's Inferno). In Literatura určená k likvidaci. Praha: Obec spisovatelů, 2004, p. 120-134. ISBN 80-239-7212-X. info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr. Aristotele, Dante e Shakespeare, i tre educatori alla virtu ed Europa (Aristotle, Dante and Shakespeare, three teachers of virtue and Europe). In Educare all' Europa. Rimini: Il Cerchio, 2003, p. 16-26. ISBN 88-8474-042-8. info
  • GILSON, Étienne. Dante et la philosophie. Paris: Librairie philosophique J. Vrin, 1986, x, 341 s. ISBN 2-7116-0279-6. info
  • ALIGHIERI, Dante. Nový život. Praha: Pragokoncert, 1965. info
  • ALIGHIERI, Dante. Božská komedie. Translated by Jaroslav Vrchlický. V Praze: J. Otto, 1929. URL info
  • ALIGHIERI, Dante. Božská komedie. Edited by Karel Vrátný. V Praze: [s.n.], 1929. info
  • MOORE, Edward. Studies in Dante. Ser. 4, Textual criticism of the `Convivio' and miscellaneous essays. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1917, xii, 303 s. info
  • MOORE, Edward. Studies in Dante. Ser. 3, Miscellaneous essays. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1903, xvi, 388 p. info
  • ALIGHIERI, Dante. Božská komedie. Translated by Jaroslav Vrchlický. 3. definitivní vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství J. Otty, 1902, 223 s. URL info
  • ALIGHIERI, Dante. Božská komedie. Translated by Jaroslav Vrchlický. 3. definitivní vyd. Praha: Nakladatelství J. Otty, 1901, 232 s. URL info
  • MOORE, Edward. Studies in Dante. Ser. 2, Miscellaneous essays. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1899, xvi, 386 s. info
  • MOORE, Edward. Studies in Dante. Ser. 1, Scripture and classical authors in Dante. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1896, viii, 399. info
  • ALIGHIERI, Dante. Básně lyrické. Translated by Jaroslav Vrchlický. V Praze: J. Otto, 1891, 131 stran. info
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course can also be completed outside the examination period.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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