ESA082 Dante Alighieri: Art, Aesthetics, and Culture of the Middle Ages

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/0. 4 credit(s) (plus 1 credit for an exam). Recommended Type of Completion: zk (examination). Other types of completion: k (colloquium).
Teacher(s)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, 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
Thu 10:00–11:40 K21
Prerequisites
The course has no special requirements.
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 110 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 3/110, only registered: 0/110, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/110
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
On succesful completion of the course student will be able to interpret Dante's work in the perspective of the History of Aesthetic, Poetry, Cultury History and his European influences.
Learning outcomes
On succesful completion of the course student will be able to interpret Dante's work in the perspective of the History of Aesthetic, Poetry, Cultury History and his European influences.
Syllabus
  • Work of Dante Alighieri (1265-1321) is a synthesis of his great learning in poetry, philosophy, history, geography, astronomy, art of politics, and religion. Cours provides an introduction of a contemporary student into the cultural categories of the Middle-Ages, including the allegorical-symbolic system of European arts. Dante Alighieri (1265-1321)
  • Dante in European Culture and Literature
  • Mediaeval scholarship, artes liberales, philosophy and theology
  • Symbolic system in arts, allegory, three types of
  • philosophy of history in De Monarchia, Augustine, Bible
  • Poetry and History, chronology and geography, astronomy
  • Aesthetic and Ethic views of historical reality
  • Dante in the Modern Literature (Joyce, Eliot, Beckett)
  • Dante in the Czech Culture (Vrchlický, Březina,Vrátný, Babler, Zahradníček)
Literature
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr. Umění a ctnost (Art and Virtue). Brno: Barrister & Principal, o.s., 2013, 300 pp. Dějiny a teorie umění. ISBN 978-80-7485-015-8. info
  • LE GOFF, Jacques. Středověká imaginace. Translated by Irena Murasová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1998, 329 s. ISBN 8072030744. info
  • ECO, Umberto. Umění a krása ve středověké estetice. Vyd. 1. Praha: Argo, 1998, 239 s. ISBN 8072030981. info
  • MONTANELLI, Indro. Dante a jeho doba. Translated by Alena Hartmanová. Vyd. 1. Praha: Odeon, 1981, 260 s. URL info
  • GUREVIČ, Aron Jakovlevič. Kategorie středověké kultury. Translated by Jaroslav Kolár. 1. vyd. Praha: Mladá fronta, 1978, 286 s. URL info
  • DANTE, Alighieri. Božská komedie. Praha : Vyšehrad, 1952. info
Teaching methods
Reading together the Divine Comedy and the New Life with interpretation.
Assessment methods
written test
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
Study Materials
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2005, Spring 2006, Spring 2007, Spring 2008, Spring 2009, Spring 2010, Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Spring 2016, Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2019, Spring 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Spring 2024, Spring 2025.
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