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FF FDESTApJ Aesthetics and Culture Studies (inactive)
Name in Czech: Aesthetics and Culture Studies
doctoral full-time, language of instruction: English
Included in the programme: FF D-ESTA_ Aesthetics and Culture Studies
doctoral full-time, language of instruction: English
Included in the programme: FF D-ESTA_ Aesthetics and Culture Studies
Study-related information
- Final state doctoral examination and defence of the doctoral thesisThe Final State Examination consists of three thematic realms, to which were dedicated special courses in the frame of a doctoral study curriculum.
1) The Metholodogy of the Sciences of Man (Humanities)
2) The History of Aesthetics and Culture
3) Concepts and Methods of Aesthetic Theory
The content is specified in the descriptions of the study courses, but it also takes in consideration the specialization of a candidate.
The doctoral examination covers the branches of Aesthetics and Study of Culture from the historical and the systematic points of view, Structuralism, Semiotics and Philosophy of Arts, and further fields and disciplines in accordance with individual specialization of a candidate and in relation to the character of his thesis. Examination and defense are carried out according to the prescriptions and norms of Masaryk University, Faculty of Arts.
The aim of the doctoral state exam is to prove students’ ability to present in an oral form selected topics from above-mentioned disciplines corresponding with the profile of the thesis and with an orientation of the Ph.D. group, in the activities of which the student actively participates. The aim of the exam is to check the ability of the Ph.D. student to interpret artistic and cultural phenomena, to reflect critically present-day sources, to participate in discussion and to resent their arguments in a way focused on facts.
The aim of the Ph.D. theses is to work independently on a specific topic in an innovative way. PhD. students in their theses reflect present-day state of knowledge of the particular issues, on this basis clearly formulate the topic of their thesis, suggesting adequate methods of research, collect the data, evaluate them and analyses them critically, in the conclusions summarize the obtained results, putting them into a wider context of the particular discipline and clearly formulate, in what respect the thesis enlarges, deepens, specifies or corrects the present-day knowledge.
Defence of the Ph.D. thesis consists of the following points: presentation of the Ph.D. student by the supervisor, presentation of main points of the thesis by the Ph.D. student, presentation of thesis reports, reaction to the reports, discussion. After the discussion, the board votes and gives a mark. - Requirements of the studyFor the admission to the doctoral examination it is obligatory to fulfill all the necessary conditions of the Ph.D. study and to submit a thesis prepared under supervision. In addition, a candidate is expected to teach a thematic course for at least one semester; to accomplish a stay in abroad lasting 1 month (min.), and to publish the results his/her own research in two articles minimally.
- Proposal of dissertation topics and topics of defended dissertationsSuggested themes:
Oleg Sus and his Theory of Absurd
The Poetic Function in the Works of Roman Jakobson
The Aesthetics of Comics and the Popular Culture
Analogical Cognition in the Frame of the Neuro-Sciences
Defended themes:
The Dimension of Privacy in Joseph Roth's Narrative Prose
The Aesthetic Categories in De Amore
Dandyism and Bohemia: Karásek, Marten, Breisky
Aesthetic Interpretation of Love and Death in Consideration of Hölderlin's and Rilke's Works
Anglo-American Reception Ingarden's Concept of the Literary Work
A Theory of Photography in the Context of Visual Culture: The Question of Aesthetic Evaluation
In Search of Meaning in the Narrative Picture-Making and Illustration
On Aesthetic Principles of the French Formal Gardening
A Significance of Wladislaw Tatarkiewicz for the History of Aesthetics
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Compulsory courses
Code | Name | Type of Completion | Credits | Term | Profile Cat. |
FF:ESDA01 | Theories of Art and Culture | zk | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDA02 | The Dissertation Theses | zk | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDA03 | A Research Paper | z | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDA04 | Publication of research results | z | 5 | - | - |
FF:ESDA05 | History of the Western Aesthetics and Fine Arts | zk | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDA06 | Concepts and Methods of the Aesthetic Theory | zk | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDA07 | Text analysis I. (1st - 4th year of study) | zk | 40 | - | - |
FF:ESDA08 | A public presentation / conference | zk | 5 | - | - |
FF:ESDA09 | Educational stay in abroad | zk | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDA11 | Semiotic and Structural Analysis | zk | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDA12 | Ethical Criticism of Arts and Culture | zk | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDA16 | Tutorship | zk | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDADP | Doctoral thesis (PhD) | z | 20 | - | - |
FF:ESDADS | Doctoral seminar (every semester) | k | 40 | - | - |
FF:ESDAJ1 | Foreign language in use and research I. | k | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDAJ2 | Foreign language in use and research II. | k | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDAM1 | Methology in Humanities I. | z | 10 | - | - |
FF:ESDAM2 | Methology in Humanities II. | k | 10 | - | - |
240 credits |