DAALX21 Philosophical basis of art

Theatre Faculty
Summer 2020
Extent and Intensity
1/1/2. 2 credit(s). Type of Completion: graded credit.
Teacher(s)
doc. MgA. Jan Motal, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. MgA. Jan Motal, Ph.D.
Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Supplier department: Theatre Faculty – Janáček Academy of Performing Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
This course is focused on collective reading and interpretation of basic texts of philosophy of art. A special emphasis on a critical discussion of contemporary conceptions of art (postmodernism, poststructuralism, deconstruction) is provided.
Syllabus
  • Plato: Ion, Republic
  • Aristotle: Metaphysics Θ, Poetics
  • Augustinus: Confessions
  • Thomas Aquinas: Summa Theologica
  • Immanuel Kant: Critique Of Judgement
  • H. G. Gadamer: Truth And Method
  • Martin Heidegger: Poetically Man Dwells
  • Jacques Derrida
Literature
    required literature
  • SCRUTON, Roger. Průvodce inteligentního člověka po moderní kultuře. Praha: Academia, 2002.
    recommended literature
  • AUSLANDER, Philip. Performance: Critical Concepts II. Routledge, 2003.
  • MOTAL, Jan. Hermeneutika dějinnosti ve filmovém eseji Karla Vachka a Chrise Markera. Brno: JAMU, 2013.
  • ECO, Umberto. Dějiny krásy. Praha: Argo, 2005.
  • STÖRIG, Hans Joachim. Malé dějiny filosofie. Kostelní Vydří: Karmelitánské nakladatelství, 2000.
  • ANZENBACHER, Arno. Úvod do filosofie. Praha: Portál, 2010.
  • CARROLL, Noël. Philosophy of Art. Routledge, 1999.
  • GRAHAM, Gordon. Filosofie umění. Brno: Barrister, 2000.
Teaching methods
Discussion, explanation, text reading
Assessment methods
Written test, essays
Language of instruction
Czech
The course is also listed under the following terms Summer 2015, Summer 2016, Summer 2018.
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