ESAA51 Aristotle's Aesthetics and Art Theory

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type 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
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 17:30–19:05 03008
Prerequisites
The course is intended for advanced students with the capabilities of reading and intepreting an English text and who had completed some basic course of philosophy during their bc. or mgr. study.
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 10 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/10, only registered: 0/10, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/10
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The aim of the course lies in reconstructing and learning Aristotle's aesthetics and his theory of art and in appreciating both, its strong influence on the European art in the course of Western history of art and its vitality the contemporary debate of art and culture.
Syllabus
  • Basic concepts and definitions
  • Art, Virtue, Ability
  • Matter, Form, Eidos, Teleology, Four causes, Effective, Formal, Material, and Final
  • Aim of Creative activity, Poesy as Creation
  • Theory of Literature and Drama
  • Aristotle's Poetics and its relation to Ethics and Rhetoric
  • Concept of Catharsis and the Virtuous Mean
Literature
  • Secondary literature in PDF in "studijní materiály"
  • Aristotle on perception. Edited by Stephen Everson. New York: Oxford University Press, 1997, x, 309 p. ISBN 0198236298. info
  • Aristotle's Poetics. Edited by Aristotle - John Baxter - Patrick Atherton - George Whalley. Buffalo: McGill-Queen's University Press, 1997, xxxvi, 186. ISBN 0773516115. info
  • Aristotle's Poetics and English literature : a collection of critical essays. Edited by Elder Olson. Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1965, xxviii, 23. info
  • BUTCHER, S. H. Aristotle's Theory of poetry and fine art : with a critical text and translation of the poetics. 4th ed. New York: Dover Publications, 1951. info
  • COOPER, Lane. Aristotle on the art of poetry : an amplified version with supplementary illustrations. Rev. ed. Ithaca: Cornell University Press, 1947. info
Teaching methods
Reading and interpreting primary sources and the secondary literature. Colloquium.
Assessment methods
Colloquium.Oral exam.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2020.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2015, recent)
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