ESAA27 Discourses in the Post-Modern

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2015
Extent and Intensity
0/2. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
PhD Kenneth Hay (lecturer), doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (deputy)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
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
Prerequisites
Students should fulfill at least two prerequisites. First, students know European history of European fine art in outline. Second, they know European modern history in general.
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
After passing the course, students are able to better understand philosophical background and sources of fine art in Europe. They use relevant basic concepts, realize connections between art and societies.
Syllabus
  • 1. Background: Lyotard, Welsh, Bauman, Baudrillard et al. 2. Fine art and photography 3. Charles Jencks, James Frazer Stirling, Heinrich Klotz 4. Time and transiency in art 5. Postmodernity and other moderniny 6. Postmodern painting in Great Britain today 7. Lesson of history: postmodern as a kind of mannerism 8. Postmodernity as new classicism?
Literature
    recommended literature
  • The Routledge companion to postmodernism. Edited by Stuart Sim. 3rd ed. New York: Routledge, 2011, xiv, 328. ISBN 9780415583329. info
    not specified
  • Encyclopedia of postmodernism. Edited by Charles E. Winquist - Victor E. Taylor. 1st pub. London: Routledge, 2001, xiv, 466. ISBN 0415308660. info
Teaching methods
Lectures and discussions.
Assessment methods
An essay on given topic.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: ústní kolokvium nebo krátký esej (vždy v angličtině)
The course is taught only once.
The course is taught: in blocks.
General note: Předmět je určen doktorským studentům estetiky.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: bloková výuka během října 2015.
Information on course enrolment limitations: znalost angličtiny nutná
  • Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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