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Lecturer(s)
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Hrabal Jiří, Mgr. Ph.D.
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Smutný Vojtěch, Mgr.
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Course content
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Seminar topics: 1. The subject of literary aesthetics; what is a work of art? 2. The role of theory in aesthetics: aesthetic concepts, judgements, and definitions 3. Aesthetic perception; aesthetic distance 4. Aesthetic function; the function of art 5. Aesthetic value; the timelessness of a work of art 6. Kitsch 7. Popular literature vs. artistic literature 8. Aesthetic norms and conventions 9. Innovation and development in art; the end of art 10. Authenticity as an aesthetic phenomenon in artistic literature 11. The aesthetic effects of fiction 12. The status and role of aesthetics in contemporary thinking about literature
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming)
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Learning outcomes
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The course addresses the basic categories of literary aesthetics. Each session will involve a discussion on specific theoretical studies dealing with a selected topic and a discussion on students´ individual case analyses. A facilitated discussion will seek to arrive at the definition of a selected category of aesthetic thinking.
Understanding the basic aesthetic categories.
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Prerequisites
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Interest in the subject, general knowledge of the theory of literature.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Essay, Systematic Observation of Student
Reading of theoretical studies, writing of case analyses, active participation in facilitated discussion.
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Recommended literature
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ECO, U. (1995). Skeptikové a těšitelé. Praha.
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Kulka, T.- Ciporanov, D. (ed.). (2010). Co je umění? Texty angloamerické estetiky 20. století. Červený Kostelec.
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KULKA, Tomáš. (2000). Umění a kýč. Praha.
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Zahrádka, Pavel. (2009). Vysoké versus populární umění. . Olomouc: Periplum.
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Zima, P.V. (1998). Literární estetika. Olomouc.
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Zuska, Vlastimil (ed.). (2003). Umění, krása, šeredno. Texty z estetiky 20. století. Praha.
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Zuska, Vlastimil. (2001). Estetika, úvod do současnosti tradiční disciplíny. Praha.
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