ESA112 Aesthetics of Saint Augustine and its Sources

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
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).
In-person direct teaching
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: doc. Mgr. Rostislav Niederle, Ph.D.
Supplier department: Department of Aesthetics – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
each odd Thursday 10:00–11:40 K21, except Mon 18. 11. to Sun 24. 11.
Prerequisites
The course is taught in the Czech language, and no knowledge of Latin is required. Admittance is widely open for students in humanities (e.g. aesthetics, history, classics, philosophy).
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
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Course objectives
Aim of the course is to learn Augustine´s aesthetics as a part of the History of Aesthetics and a part of the European scholarship as well.
Learning outcomes
On successful completion of the course, students will be able to interpret Augustine's work in the framework of the History of Aesthetics and Culture, and also in the perspective of synchronic and systematic approaches [semiology, structuralism, philosophy of language].
Syllabus
  • St. Augustine was not only a theologian. He contributed to Aesthetics, Philosophy of Language, Theory of Laing, Ethics, Rhetorics and many other disciplins. His texts will be closely read and scrutinized in seminars without duplicating the general overview by Karel Svoboda: L'Esthétique de Saint Augustin et ses sources, Brno-Paris 1933. Readings: CONFESSIONES, extracts, DE MAGISTRO, DE ORDINE.
Literature
  • AUGUSTINUS, Aurelius. O pořádku (Přít.) : De ordine (Orig.) : Estetika svatého Augustina a její zdroje. info
  • NECHUTOVÁ, Jana. Přečtěme si Augustinova Vyznání (Let us read the Confessions of St. Augustine). Křesťanská revue. Praha: Oikumené-Akademická YMCA, 2016, vol. 83, No 1, p. 39-41. ISSN 0023-4613. info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr. The Order of Love. In Ordo Amoris, or Woodworm in the Tree of Knowledge. Brno: FOTEP, 2005, p. 121-132, 9 pp. edition of Libor Teplý. ISBN 80-86871-03-7. info
  • OSOLSOBĚ, Petr and Karel SVOBODA. Estetika svatého Augustina a její zdroje (Aesthetics of Saint Augustine and Its Sources). druhé. Praha: Karolinum, 2000, 280 pp. Karolinum. ISBN 80-246-0090-0. info
  • AUGUSTIN. Vyznání. 4. vyd. Praha: Kalich, 1999, 565 s. ISBN 8070173017. info
  • KARFÍKOVÁ, Lenka. Studie z patristiky a scholastiky. 1. vyd. Praha: [Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku], 1997, 175 s. ISBN 80-86005-32-1. info
  • MANFERDINI, Tina. L'estetica religiosa in s. Agostino. Bologna: Zanichelli, 1969, 159 s. info
  • AUGUSTIN. O Boží obci knih XXII. Translated by Julie Nováková. 1. vyd. Praha: Vyšehrad, 1950, 736 s. info
  • MARROU, Henri-Irénée. Saint Augustin et la fin de la culture antique. Paris: E. de Boccard, 1949, s. 624-713. info
  • AUGUSTIN. O pořádku ; O učiteli. Edited by Karel Svoboda - Augustin. V Praze: nákladem České akademie věd a umění, 1942, 127 s. info
Teaching methods
Every lecture requires homework preparation in reading the assigned study literature. 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
Oral colloquium or exam from the compulsory literature and its interpretation.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
Information on completion of the course: Kolokvium ze zadané literatury formou ústní či písemnou.
The course is taught annually.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2001, Autumn 2002, Autumn 2003, Autumn 2004, Autumn 2005, Autumn 2006, Autumn 2007, Autumn 2008, Autumn 2009, Autumn 2010, Autumn 2011, Autumn 2012, Autumn 2013, Autumn 2014, Autumn 2015, Autumn 2016, Autumn 2017, Autumn 2018, Autumn 2019, Autumn 2020, Autumn 2021, Autumn 2022, Autumn 2023.
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