PHV186 Aesthetics: An Introduction

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2021
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 3 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Supplier department: Department of Philosophy – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Thu 14:00–15:40 C11
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.

The capacity limit for the course is 20 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 1/20, only registered: 0/20
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
An explication/description of the most important aesthetic theories of the twentieth century. Their overview, methods, character of signication which in fact differs them. Connections of given theories, their philosophical backgrounds, counterparts, corollaries, and historic and artistic context. An emphasis on key concepts which are characteristic for a given movement. The general frame: each movement is explicated in terms of Seminotics, the goal of every movement then as search of a hidden meaning on the basis of methods and concepts which are genuine and unique to particular movements.
Learning outcomes
At the end, students are well informed about the main trends in the contemporary aesthetics and they are able to evaluate them.
Syllabus
  • 1. Henri Bergson, Benedetto Croce: aesthetic intuition. 2. Avant-garde: Valéry, Pound, Benn, Dalí, Beuys, Kossuth. 3. Axiological Aesthetics: beauty as a social factor, Dewey, Marx. 5. Structuralism: Peirce, Saussure, Bachtin, Eco. 6. Phenomenology: Husserl, Sartre, Ingarden. 7. Psychological Aesthetics: Freud, Jung, Vygotskij. 8. Existencialism: Heidegger, Marcel, Jaspers, Camus. 9. Fascism and Socialistic Realism. 10.Postmodern: Sokal, Lyotard, Welsch, Baudrillard. 11.Analytical Aesthetics: Wittgenstein, Beardsley, Sibley. 12.Author Aesthetics: author thinkind about art making. 13.Czech Aesthetics: Masaryk, Nejedlý, Mukařovský, Zich.
Literature
  • A companion to aesthetics. Edited by David Cooper. 1st pub. Oxford: Blackwell Publishers, 1995, xiii, 466. ISBN 0631196595. info
  • HENCKMANN, Wolfhart and Konrad LOTTER. Estetický slovník. Translated by Dušan Prokop. Vyd. 1. Praha: Svoboda, 1995, 229 s. ISBN 8020504788. info
  • PLÓTÍNOS. Dvě pojednání o kráse. Edited by Petr Rezek. Praha: Rezek, 1994, 139 s. ISBN 8090179622. info
  • NIETZSCHE, Friedrich. Zrození tragédie : z ducha hudby. Translated by Otokar Fischer. Praha: Gryf, 1993, 81 s. info
  • JŮZL, Miloš and Dušan PROKOP. Úvod do estetiky : předmět a metody, dějiny, systém estetických kategorií a pojmů. 1. vydání. Praha: Panorama, 1989, 427 stran. ISBN 8070380519. URL info
  • TATARKIEWICZ, Władysław. Dejiny estetiky. Translated by Jozef Marušiak. Bratislava: Tatran, 1985, 518 s. info
  • PLATÓN. Dialogy o kráse. Edited by Jakub Netopilík - Platón, Translated by Jaroslav Šonka. Vyd. tohoto souboru 1. Praha: Odeon, 1979, 230 s. URL info
Teaching methods
After teacher's presentation of the general and particular features of the subject, students are guided to interpretation of the chosen extracts, and class discussions follow.
Assessment methods
Written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
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