ESA132 Semiotics and the Theory of Communication

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2008
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s) (plus 2 credits for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Ivo Osolsobě (assistant)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Timetable
Mon 8:20–9:55 zruseno D21
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
Course objectives
This course concentrates on two various, however related, approaches to the problems of music (and art in general). The means of music (resp. art) production are commented from the point of view of the sign and communication theories. The differences between language and non-language sign systems as well as the basic terms (e.g. Peirce's classification of signs, terminological contributions of Czech structuralism) are explained. The processes of music production, interpretation, reception, production of meta-signs are modelled from the point of view of the theory of communication.
Syllabus
  • sign, significance syntax, semantics, pragmatics Peirce, Saussure, Frege meaning and art critics role of epistemology in art valuing codes, decoding abduction, inference on the best explanation constructivism aesthetic realism, modernism gestalt emotive-valuing sign semantic gesture symptomaticity, aysmptomaticity archetyp, type – token – tone
Literature
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Základy hudební sémiotiky. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 303 s. ISBN 8021005661. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Základy hudební sémiotiky. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1992, 233 s. ISBN 8021003731. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Základy hudební sémiotiky. D. 3. V Brně: Masarykova univerzita, 1992. ISBN 80-210-0567-X. info
  • FUKAČ, Jiří. Pojmosloví hudební komunikace. Vyd. 1. Brno: Rektorát Masarykovy univerzity, 1991, 114 s. ISBN 80-210-0245-X. info
  • KARBUSICKÝ, Vladimír. Grundriss der musikalischen Semantik. Darmstadt: Wissenschaftliche Buchgesellschaft, 1986, ix, 316 s. ISBN 3-534-01785-4. info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Ivo. Divadlo, které mluví, zpívá a tančí : teorie jedné komunikační formy. 1. vyd. Praha: Editio Supraphon, 1974, 242 s. URL info
  • ECO, Umberto. Einführung in die Semiotik. München: Wilhelm Fink Verlag, 1972. ISBN 3-7705-0633-2. info
Assessment methods (in Czech)
Kurz je ukončen písemným testem sestaveným z přednášené látky.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2004, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, 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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