SUS_08 Seminar of criticism and cultural journalism

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Jiří Zahrádka, Ph.D. (lecturer), PhDr. Petr Macek, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Nikola Jurková Ille (assistant)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Jiří Zahrádka, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 10:00–11:40 N51
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 163 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 2/163, only registered: 0/163, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/163
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the seminar is to introduce the problematics of criticism and cultural journalism. The specificity of the so-called critical reason is explained, various types and forms of the art criticism are introduced as well as their historical development. The current cultural journalism is subjected to a systematic critical assessment (training of so-called metakritics), and each student writes several own texts during of the semester, in which criticism of the current art is presented.
Learning outcomes
After completing the course the student will be able:
- drama theater in their complexity
- to write a review of the stated project for both professional and daily press
- to discuss and defend attitudes formulated in critical texts
- to understand the basics of exhibitions curatorship as well as the concert and theater dramaturgy
Syllabus
  • 1. Analysis of the criticism
  • 2. Historical development of the criticism
  • 3. Structure of the review, essay etc.
  • 4. Specific qualities of the criticism in various art disciplines
  • 5. Moral and social aspects of the criticism N
  • 6. Analysis of the reviews written by students
Literature
    recommended literature
  • VIČAR, Jan. Hudební kritika a popularizace hudby. Praha: KLP, 1997, 183 s. ISBN 8085917270. info
  • ČERNÝ, Václav. Co je kritika, co není a k čemu je na světě. Vyd. 1. V Brně: Blok, 1968, 81 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Seminar, class discussion, presentations of the student reviews
Assessment methods
80% attendance, one review presented on the seminar, two written reviews on a given topic
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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