ESA003 Seminar in the History of Aesthetics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2017
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Lee, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Řehulková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Tereza Čechová (seminar tutor)
Mgr. et Mgr. Radim Ošmera, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
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
Mon 9:10–10:45 U35
Prerequisites (in Czech)
ESA001 Seminar in Aesthetics
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The course is designed for students in their second semester. The seminar introduces students to the milestones in aesthetic thought in the history of western culture. The courses focusses on reading and interpreting the basic texts in the area.
Syllabus
  • 1/ Plato: Hippias Větší; Kelly: Plato 2/ Aristotle: Poetika; Kelly: Aristotle 3/ Plotinus: Dvě pojednání o kráse – O krásném; Kelly: Plotinus 4/ Hume: O měřítku vkusu; Kelly: Hume 5/ Kant: Kritika soudnosti – Úvod; Kelly: Kant – On Beauty 6/ Hegel: Přednášky o estetice; Kelly: Hegel 7/ Lessing: Laokoon; Kelly: Lessing 8/ Diderot: Filosofické úvahy o původu a povaze krásna; Kelly: Diderot – Survey of Thought 9/ Schopenhauer: Spisovatelům a čtenářům – O spisovatelském řemesle a stylu; Kelly: Schopenhauer
Literature
  • SCHOPENHAUER, Arthur. Spisovatelům a čtenářům. V Olomouci: Votobia, 1995, 119 s. ISBN 80-85885-66-2. info
  • PLÓTÍNOS. Dvě pojednání o kráse. Edited by Petr Rezek. Praha: Rezek, 1994, 139 s. ISBN 8090179622. info
  • PLATÓN. Dialogy o kráse : Faidrós (Obsaž.) : Hippias Větší (Obsaž.) : Ión (Obsaž.). Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1979, 230 s. info
  • KANT, Immanuel. Kritika soudnosti. Edited by Milan Sobotka, Translated by Vladimír Špalek - Walter Hansel. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1975, 271 s. info
  • LESSING, Gotthold Ephraim. Laokoon, čili, O hranicích malířství a poesie. Translated by Alois Otoupalík. 1. vyd. Praha: Státní nakladatelství krásné literatury, hudby a umění, 1960, 265 s. URL info
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Poetika : o básnické tvorbě. Translated by Antonín Kříž. Vyd. 1. V Praze: Jan Laichter, 1948, 123 s. URL info
Teaching methods
Reading and interpretation of the basic texts of aesthetics.
Assessment methods
1/dutiful attendance 2/homework for each lesson 3/oral colloquium
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2003, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2020, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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