ESA911 European Culture Studies

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. Hana Řehulková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Ing. Ivana Vašinová
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Wed 18:00–19:40 B2.13
Prerequisites
No special prerequisites, just the obvious curiosity. The course is primarily intended for students in the Aesthetics and Aesthetics and Cultural Studies programs. However, it is open to all interested students, not just those in the humanities.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The course focuses on the perception of truth in European art and aesthetics, from Plato and Aristotle to Heidegger. The ideal graduate will have an orientation to the subject.
Learning outcomes
Realism in change is normally associated with the so-called true representation of the world. However, such a seemingly innocent doctrine is problematic. As Plato has already observed, if artistic representation is to be true in a strict correspondence sense, what need is there for it at all if we have reality itself? And if it is not true, it is a fiction, and as such can only claim some "truth" in some other, artistic sense. The aim of the course is to problematize, not relativize, the notion of realism, and ideally the goal is to stimulate individual rethinking of the world-artistic representation of the world relationship. Therefore, the film works presented do not necessarily correspond to general ideas of a realistic work. Texts on realism generally concern aesthetics (mimesis), film theory, the relationship between art and politics, literary theory, visual art, and theatre.
Syllabus
  • Introductory lecture and screening: Vertov: The Man with the Cinema Camera self-study: Losev, Shestakov: Imagery (History of est. cat., p. 226-262) Projection: Kara: Tomorrow was war self-study: Eisenstein: On the Construction of a Work of Art projection: Klimov: Come and See self-study: Reichel: The Seductive Deception of the Third Reich (pp. 271-299) Projection: Eisenstein: The Crusader Potemkin Self-study Shklovsky, Mayakovsky: How to make prose Toro: The Faun's Labyrinth Self-study Gombrich: Art and Illusion (Truth and Stereotype, pp. 73-106) Sica: Bicycle Thieves Self-study: Brecht: Ideas (pp. 7-49) Riefenstahl: Triumph of the Will
Literature
    required literature
  • GOODMAN, Nelson. Jazyky umění : nástin teorie symbolů. Edited by Tomáš Kulka. Vyd. 1. Praha: Academia, 2007, 213 s. ISBN 9788020015198. info
    not specified
  • GOMBRICH, E. H. Příběh umění. Translated by Miroslava Gregorová. Vyd. v češtině 2. (rev.),. Praha: Argo, 1997, 683 s. ISBN 8072031430. info
  • LUKÁCS, György. Umění jako sebepoznání lidstva. Edited by Petr Rákos, Translated by Růžena Grebeníčková. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1976, 447 s. URL info
  • AUERBACH, Erich. Mimesis : zobrazení skutečnosti v západoevropských literaturách. Translated by Miloslav Žilina - Vladimír Kafka - Rio Preisner. Vyd. 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1968, 501 s. info
  • LUKÁCS, György. Metafyzika tragédie. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1967, 187 s. URL info
  • LUKÁCS, György. Studies in European realism. New York: Grosset & Dunlap, 1964. info
  • HOSTINSKÝ, Otakar. O umění. Vydání I. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1956, 686 stran. URL info
Teaching methods
lectures, film projections
Assessment methods
Written test from Goodman, Nelson: The Languages of Art: an Outline of Symbol Theory. Selected answers only.
Language of instruction
Czech
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 only once.
General note: Obecné podmínky ukončování kursů Semináře estetiky.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2016, Autumn 2019.
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