Course: Aesthetics

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Course title Aesthetics
Course code KFI/ESFB
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 6
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.
Course content
1. Traditional aesthetic categories and terms of contemporary aesthetics; beauty: ancient and medieval concepts. 2. The concept of beauty in the modern age and in the 20th century, the typology of various concepts of beauty. 3. Noble: concept in antiquity and modern times. 4. Noble: concepts in the 20th century, converging features of various concepts noble. 5. Comic: ancient and modern concepts. 6. Comic: conception in the 20th century, macro-theory of comic. 7. Mimésis (imitation): ancient and medieval concepts. 8. Mimésis (imitation): conception in the modern age and in the 20th century. 9. Catharsis (purification): ancient and modern concepts. 10. Taste: the origin of the aesthetic category, modern concepts, the concept of taste in the 20th century. 11. Aesthetic attitude: the origin of the concept and its development in the 20th century. 12. Aesthetic object: the origin of the concept and its development in the 20th century.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Seminar classes, Lecture
  • Contact hours - 52 hours per semester
  • Preparation for an examination (30-60) - 60 hours per semester
  • Undergraduate study programme term essay (20-40) - 35 hours per semester
  • Presentation preparation (report) (1-10) - 9 hours per semester
prerequisite
Knowledge
to introduce the basic figures and themes of European philosophy
describe the basic historical and cultural realities of European history
Skills
to use with understanding the terminology of European aesthetics
to identify the problem (thesis) and reproduce the argument contained in the given text
to use modern technologies, especially information databases
Competences
N/A
N/A
learning outcomes
Knowledge
to introduce the basic figures and themes of European aesthetics
to characterize the most important concepts of European aesthetics and explain their context
to summarize selected important writings of European aesthetics
Skills
to analyze the source texts of European aesthetics
to interpret selected passages of European aesthetic texts
to follow the argumentation procedures of specific authors or selected texts of European aesthetics
to argue and discuss a specific topic of European aesthetics
Competences
N/A
N/A
teaching methods
Knowledge
Lecture
Textual studies
Self-study of literature
Skills
Seminar classes
Skills demonstration
Individual study
Students' portfolio
Competences
Self-study of literature
Individual study
Textual studies
Students' portfolio
assessment methods
Knowledge
Combined exam
Skills
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
Competences
Combined exam
Seminar work
Individual presentation at a seminar
Skills demonstration during practicum
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.
  • Lessing, G. E. Láokoón neboli o hranicích malířství a poezie. In: L., G. E., Hamburská dramaturgie, Láokoón, stati. Praha : Odeon, 1980.
  • 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): Philosophy (18-5) Category: Philosophy, theology 2 Recommended year of study:2, Recommended semester: Winter