Course: Aesthetics 2

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Course title Aesthetics 2
Course code KFI/ES2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Ševčík Miloš, Doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Blahutková Daniela, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Traditional aesthetic categories and terms of contemporary aesthetics, beauty: ancient and medieval concepts. The concept of beauty in modern era and in the 20th century, the typology of the different concepts of beauty. Sublime: the concept in antiquity and modern times. Sublime: the concept of the 20 century, converging lines of various concepts. Comic: ancient and modern concepts. Comic: the concept in the 20th century. Mimesis: ancient and medieval concepts. Mimesis: modern concepts and concepts in the 20th century. Catharsis: ancient and modern concepts. Taste: the emergence of aesthetic category, modern concepts. The concept of taste in the 20th century. Aesthetic attitude and aesthetic object: the emergence of the concept and its development in the 20th century.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, Seminar
  • Preparation for comprehensive test (10-40) - 30 hours per semester
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 40 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 20 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
Course requires no special prior knowledge and skills.
learning outcomes
Students will be able to analyse the key concepts of aesthetics and assess their importance in the history of aesthetics and philosophy. Students evaluate the importance of aesthetic categories in contemporary aesthetics. In the oral examination, the student demonstrates knowledge of one of the primary works of literature from this list: - Plato: Symposium; - Aristotle: Poetics; - Augustin: On Order; - G.E. Lessing: Laocoon, an Essay on the Limits of Painting and Poetry; - F. Nietzsche: The Birth of Tragedy from the Spirit of Music; - H. Bergson: Laughter.
teaching methods
Lecture
Seminar
assessment methods
Combined exam
Test
Recommended literature
  • Aristotelés. Poetika. 1. vyd. Praha : Oikoymenh, 2008. ISBN 978-80-7298-131-1.
  • Augustin. O pořádku. ; O učiteli. Praha : Česká akademie věd a umění, 1942.
  • Bergson, Henri. Smích. 1. vyd. Praha : Naše vojsko, 1993. ISBN 80-206-0404-9.
  • Henckmann, Wolfhart; Lotter, Konrad. Estetický slovník. Praha : Svoboda, 1995. ISBN 80-205-0478-8.
  • Jůzl, Miloš; Prokop, Dušan. Úvod do estetiky : předmět a metody, dějiny, systém estetických kategorií a pojmů. 1. vyd. Praha : Panorama, 1989. ISBN 80-7038-051-9.
  • Lessing, G. E. Láokoón neboli o hranicích malířství a poezie. In: L., G. E., Hamburská dramaturgie, Láokoón, stati. Praha : Odeon, 1980.
  • Losev, Aleksej Fedorovič; Šestakov, Vjačeslav Pavlovič; Zadražilová, Miluše. Dějiny estetických kategorií. 1. vyd. Praha : Svoboda, 1984.
  • Nietzsche, Friedrich Wilhelm. Zrození tragédie : z ducha hudby. dot. [1. vyd.]. Praha : Gryf, 1993.
  • Platón. Symposion. 3., opr. vyd. Praha : Institut pro středoevropskou kulturu a politiku, 1993. ISBN 80-85241-31-5.
  • Souriau, Étienne; Lorenzová, Helena. Encyklopedie estetiky. [1. vyd.]. Praha : Victoria Publishing, 1994. ISBN 80-85605-18-X.
  • Zuska, Vlastimil. Estetika : úvod do současnosti tradiční disciplíny. Praha : Triton, 2001. ISBN 80-7254-194-3.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Humanities (19-5) Category: Philosophy, theology 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Humanities (19-4) Category: Philosophy, theology 3 Recommended year of study:3, Recommended semester: Winter