FF:ARTS019 Shakespeare: Art and Virtue - Course Information

ARTS019 Shakespeare: Art and Virtue

The course is not taught in Spring 2025

Extent and Intensity

2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type 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

Prerequisites

!PROGRAM(B-EST_)||(PROGRAM(B-EST_)&&( ARTS001 Cognitive Sciences || ARTS002 Approaches to language || ARTS003 Contemporary culture || ARTS004 Homer and European literature || ARTS006 The Fall of an Empire || ARTS007 Germanic literatureNobel Prize || ARTS008 Argumentation and Logic || ARTS009 Czech 101 || ARTS010 History of Mongolia and steppe empires || ARTS011 Transformations of Christian Europe: Visions, Critical Analysis and Discussions || ARTS012 Cult. Constr. of Other. || ARTS013 Slavonic Areas || ARTS014 How to read World Literature. || ARTS015 Humans as a cultural species || ARTS016 Medieval Literary Life || ARTS017 Life after Death in Arts || ARTS018 || ARTS020 Digital Humanities || ARTS021 Art and Culture in Cent.Europe ))
The course teaches how to read and to understand Shakespeare as a Poet, a Playwright, and a Philosopher. It is widely opened to the students of all academic branches and faculties.

Course Enrolment Limitations

The course is offered to students of any study field.
The capacity limit for the course is 150 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/150, only registered: 0/150, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/150

Course objectives

The course introduces into the analytics with the tools and concepts of the classical moral philosophy, applied to Shakespearian drama.

Learning outcomes

Learning and exercising ability of interpreting Shakespeare in its historical, cultural and religious context. Different levels of interpretation: a) linguistic; b) thematic; c) narrative, d) personal characterology, e) moral meaning.

Syllabus

• Analysis of the three following plays: Othello, Macbeth, and Pericles with a special reference to the problem of evil as a moral, psychological, and metafysical entity. Shakespeare uses the classical systematic of vices and virtues in the construction of his works. Each and every of them has its own 'dialectic', progression, and mode of operation and of coupling with the other dramatic forces. Students learn to know both the vocabulary and the psychology contained in the classical system of virtues and vices, as for example: hope, charity, prudence, justice, moderation or courage, versus pride, envy, wrath, sloth, avarice, gluttony or luxury.

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
• HONAN, Park. Shakespeare : životopis. Vyd. 1. Praha: Paseka, 2011, 421 s. ISBN 9788074320675. info
• MACINTYRE, Alasdair C. Ztráta ctnosti : k morální krizi současnosti. Translated by Pavla Sadílková - David Hoffman. Vyd. 1. Praha: Oikoymenh, 2004, 332 s. ISBN 8072980823. info
• ARISTOTELÉS. Etika Níkomachova. Translated by Antonín Kříž. 2. rozš. vyd. Praha: Rezek, 1996, 493 s. ISBN 80-901796-7-3. info
• HODEK, Břetislav. William Shakespeare : kronika hereckého života. Praha: Naše vojsko, 1994. ISBN 8020604820. info

Teaching methods

Interpretation of the selected plays and poems, discussion.

Assessment methods

Written examination from the selected plays.

Language of instruction

Czech

Further comments (probably available only in Czech)

Information on course enrolment limitations: Zájemci z řad posluchačů Estetiky a Estetiky a kulturních studií se zapisují do ESA052 vyučováného souběžně.

Listed among pre-requisites of other courses

• ARTS003 On current issues of contemporary culture, especially music and theater
  ! PROGRAM(B-VH_ ) || ( PROGRAM(B-VH_ ) && (ARTS001 || ARTS002 || ARTS004 || ARTS005 || ARTS006 || ARTS007 || ARTS008 || ARTS009 || ARTS010 || ARTS011 || ARTS012 || ARTS013 || ARTS014 || ARTS015 || ARTS016 || ARTS017 || ARTS018 || ARTS019 || ARTS020 || ARTS021 || ARTS022))  
• ARTS006 The Fall of an Empire or the Rise of Europe?
  !program(B-DU_)||(program(B-DU_)&&(ARTS001 || ARTS002 || ARTS003 || ARTS004 || ARTS007 || ARTS008 || ARTS009 || ARTS010 || ARTS011 || ARTS012 || ARTS013 || ARTS014 || ARTS015 || ARTS016 || ARTS017 || ARTS018 || ARTS019 || ARTS020 || ARTS021 || ARTS022))  
• ARTS010 History of Mongolia and steppe empires
  ! PROGRAM(B-VIE_ ) || (PROGRAM(B-VIE_ ) && (ARTS001 || ARTS002 || ARTS003 || ARTS004 || ARTS005 || ARTS006 || ARTS007 || ARTS008 || ARTS009 || ARTS011 || ARTS012 || ARTS013 || ARTS014 || ARTS015 || ARTS016 || ARTS017 || ARTS018 || ARTS019 || ARTS020 || ARTS021 || ARTS022))  
• ARTS020 Digital Humanities
  !program(B-ISK_)||(program(B-ISK_)&&(ARTS001 || ARTS002 || ARTS003 || ARTS004 || ARTS006 || ARTS007 || ARTS008 || ARTS009 || ARTS010 || ARTS011 || ARTS012 || ARTS013 || ARTS014 || ARTS015 || ARTS016 || ARTS017 || ARTS018 || ARTS019 || ARTS021 || ARTS022))  

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