Course: Philosophy of Arts

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Course title Philosophy of Arts
Course code KDU/FUD
Organizational form of instruction Seminar
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Lecturer(s)
  • Jirsa Tomáš, doc. Mgr. Ph.D.
  • Kubartová Eliška, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
unspecified

Learning activities and teaching methods
Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of the course is to present the application of the key concepts of performance studies, the terms of performance and performativity, not only in the analysis of aesthetic phenomena, such as theatre, dance, or performance art, but of all kinds of cultural performances (Singer) regardless of their framing and actual whereabouts (social, ideological, pragmatic, etc.). The course is taught in Czech
At the end of the course, students will be able to explain the essence of the concepts of performance and performativity; explain and show with examples how it is possible to work with these concepts as methodological tools when investigating different types of cultural performances; explain and show with examples what, from the perspective of performance studies, connects theatrical and non-theatrical, more generally artistic and non-artistic types of events.
Prerequisites
There are no prerequisites.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral exam, Student performance, Seminar Work

Recommended literature
  • Carroll, N. (1998). A philosophy of mass art. Oxford: Clarendon Press.
  • Dutton, Denis. (1979). "Artistic Crimes" in: The British Journal of Aesthetics 19, s. 302-341..
  • Koestler, Arthur. (1965). "The Aesthetics of Snobbery" in: Horizon 8, s. 50-53.
  • Kulka, T. (1994). Umění a kýč. Praha: Torst.
  • KULKA, Tomáš. (2004). Umění a falzum. Praha.
  • Novitz, David. (2006). "Spory o umění" in: Aluze 1, s. 134-145..
  • SIBLEY, Frank. (2003). "Estetické pojmy" in: Zuska, V. (ed.), Umění, krása, šeredno: texty z estetiky 20. století, s. 23-48.. Praha: Karolinum.
  • WALTON, Kendall. (2003). "Kategorie umění" in: Zuska, V. (ed.), Umění, krása, šeredno: texty z estetiky 20. století, s. 49-76.. Praha: Karolinum.


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): Theatre Studies (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -