ESAA62 Beauty in Japanese Thought

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2024
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. Joseph Rostinsky (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, 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
Wed 14:00–15:40 G24, except Wed 17. 4.
Prerequisites
Course in English language given by a distingushed professor of Tokkai University Tokio. No knowledge of the Japanese language is required.
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 70 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 47/70, only registered: 0/70, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/70
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The aim of the course is to introduce its students into the Japanese culture, art and aesthetic thought.
Learning outcomes
Students will receive the conceptual and the historical contexts of the Japanese thought about beauty, art, landscape and tradition.
Syllabus
  • The ideas, as expressed in Japanese literature, visual arts and in samurai ethics (bushido), will be explained and interpreted through selected texts. Examples are drawn from the works of N.Soseki, J.Tanizaki, Y.Mishima, and M.Miyamoto. No knowledge of the Japanese language is required. Bibliography: Leonard Koren: Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers. (Point Reyes, CA, 2008). Yukio Mishima: Hagakure, Samurai Ethics. (Tokyo: Charles E. Tutte, 1992). Junichiro Tanizaki: In Praise of Shadows. (London: Vintage Books, 2001).
Literature
  • Leonard Koren: Wabi-Sabi for Artists, Designers, Poets and Philosophers. (Point Reyes, CA, 2008). Yukio Mishima: Hagakure, Samurai Ethics. (Tokyo: Charles E. Tutte, 1992). Junichiro Tanizaki: In Praise of Shadows. (London: Vintage Books, 2001).
Teaching methods
Oral lectures with examples.
Assessment methods
A colloquium.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
General note: A course is in English.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2025.
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