FF:ESA914 European Culture Studies - Course Information
ESA914 European Culture Studies: Utopies
Faculty of ArtsSpring 2024
- Extent and Intensity
- 2/0/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: k (colloquium).
- Teacher(s)
- Mgr. Lenka Lee, Ph.D. (lecturer)
doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D. (alternate examiner)
prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D. (alternate examiner) - Guaranteed by
- prof. PhDr. Petr Osolsobě, Ph.D.
Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts - Timetable
- Wed 18:00–19:40 B2.13, except Wed 17. 4., except Wed 24. 4. ; and Wed 13. 3. 19:40–20:30 B2.13, Wed 20. 3. 19:40–20:30 B2.13, Wed 24. 4. 18:00–19:40 C11
- 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
- there are 6 fields of study the course is directly associated with, display
- 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
- Teaching methods
- lectures, projections, discussions, home readings
- Assessment methods
- 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.
- Enrolment Statistics (recent)
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