ESA914 European Culture Studies: Utopies

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Taught online.
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Lenka Lee, 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
Wed 18:00–19:40 B2.13
Prerequisites
The course is offered to all the student of the Faculty of Arts and it is highly recommendable for students of other faculties.
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
Course is a wide range introduction into the elements, works, authors and principles of the Western art and culture.
Learning outcomes
A student will be able to analyze the problem of Utopia(s) with a solid knowledge of its philosophical and cultural roots.
Syllabus
  • General character of European Utopies
  • Plato and his Republic
  • Renaissance ideal of a city
  • Thomas More's Utopia and his followers
  • Campanella and the Modern Utopists
  • Bolzano's The Best State
  • Modern Utopia and Totalitarian States
  • its criticism / Zamjatin, Orwell, Bradbury
  • Imaginationa and Utopia and J. L. Borges' stories
Literature
  • PLATÓN. Ústava. Translated by František Novotný. 5., opr. vyd. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2014, 427 s. ISBN 9788072985043. info
  • BORGES, Jorge Luis. Další pátrání ; Dějiny věčnosti. Translated by Mariana Machová. Praha: Argo, 2011, 412 s. ISBN 9788025704370. info
  • BORGES, Jorge Luis. Brodiova zpráva ; Kniha z písku ; Shakespearova paměť. Edited by František Vrhel, Translated by Josef Forbelský - Mariana Machová. Praha: Argo, 2009, 282 s. ISBN 9788025701829. info
  • BOLZANO, Bernard. O nejlepším státě. Translated by Vojtěch Bláha. 2. vyd., v MF 1. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1981, 171 s. URL info
  • CAMPANELLA, Tommaso. Sluneční stát. Translated by Jiřina Mohylová - Otakar Mohyla. 2. vyd., (v MF 1.). Praha: Mladá fronta, 1979, 111 s. URL info
  • MORE, Thomas. Utopie. 1. vyd. Praha: Orbis, 1950, 125 s. info
Teaching methods
lectures, projections, discussions, home readings
Assessment methods
Submission of a short essay and written test.
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 Spring 2018, Spring 2024.
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