SUS_70 Sociology of Art

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2023
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Mikuláš Bek, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Jan Karafiát
Supplier department: Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Mon 18:00–19:40 N41
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 200 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 18/200, only registered: 0/200, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/200
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
there are 21 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
Course objectives
Learning outcomes of this course are to introduce Sociology of Art as part of Sociology in its historical development and to acquaint students with the basic topics of Sociology of Art, key authors who dealt with them and to present major outcomes of the sociological studies of art and culture.
Learning outcomes
At the end of the course students should be able to:
- explain the basic notions and theoretical concepts of the sociology of arts;
- identify the elementary methodological positions of the important representatives of the sociology of arts;
- locate the main theoretical concepts in the development of the social sciences and art studies;
- apply the theoretical concepts in the analysis of the particular cases in the history of arts and contemporary art culture.
Syllabus
  • Art as a social phenomenon and social function of art
  • Sociology of art as a genre of the art studies: main concepts
  • Sociology: paradigms and theories
  • Social role of the artist
  • Art reception
  • History of culture industry
  • Structures and operational modes of the contemporary culture industry
  • Critique of the mass culture
  • Elements of the empirical research in the sociology of arts
  • Contemporary Czech art and culture in the light of empirical research
Literature
  • BEK, Mikuláš. Konzervatoř Evropy? K sociologii české hudebnosti (Conservatory of Europe? On the Sociology of Czech Musicality). Praha: KLP - Koniasch Latin Press, 2003, 278 pp. musicologica.cz, sv. 1. ISBN 80-85917-99-8. info
  • DUBY, Georges. Věk katedrál : umění a společnost 980-1420. Translated by Zora Obstová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 2002, 332 s. ISBN 8072034189. info
  • BEK, Mikuláš. Vybrané problémy hudební sociologie. (Aspects of Sociology of Music). 1st ed. Olomouc: Vydavatelství Univerzity Palackého, 1993, 96 pp. ISBN 80-7067-318-4. info
  • HAUSER, Arnold. Filosofie dějin umění. Translated by Bohumil Pánek. Vydání první. Praha: Odeon, 1975, 316 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
Lectures, readings, and homeworks
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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