Course: Methodology 2

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Course title Methodology 2
Course code KMU/MEHV2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 4
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)
  • Křupková Lenka, doc. PhDr. Ph.D.
  • Stratilková Martina, Mgr. et Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
Thematic Areas: 1. Fundamental questions and approaches within the general methodology of science; issues in musicology: the concept of a musical work and a musical object in general 2. The phenomenological method and its application in music research 3. Characteristics of the hermeneutic approach to music 4. Methodological principles of structuralism and their application in music research 5. Poststructuralism and musicology: methodological tenets of "new musicology" 6. Schenkerian analysis 7. Fortean analysis 8. Issues in stylistic music analysis and a comparison of analytical methods 9. Music psychological research: an overview of methods, tests of musical ability, the semantic differential 10. Experimental research in music psychology 11. Qualitative research in the social sciences of music 12. Empirical music sociology and the importance of survey techniques The course is typically offered every two years; next offering: 2027-2028.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic Lecture(Interpretation, Training), Dialogic Lecture (Discussion, Dialog, Brainstorming), Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
  • Attendace - 26 hours per semester
  • Semestral Work - 30 hours per semester
  • Preparation for the Exam - 29 hours per semester
  • Homework for Teaching - 15 hours per semester
Learning outcomes
The course is focused on the means by which musicology gains new findings in its individual subject fields. Student should know the general methodology of science and its specification for individual fields of musicology, be able to use scholarly terminology and to be aware of the discoursive aspect of musicological inquiry.
Students gain in-depth orientation in mains methods of musicological research and ability of their adequate application. Students will gain knowledge in dealing with general categories of philosophical nature.
Prerequisites
Students should be well acquainted with basic theoretical terminology of music, with questions of individual musicological disciplines and history of musicology.

Assessment methods and criteria
Written exam

Sufficient and active participation in class (max. of 2 absences), sufficient knowledge of the issues covered in class and in the basic literature, a seminar paper.
Recommended literature
  • Černý, Miroslav K. Kapitoly z metodologie hudební vědy. Olomouc 1998.
  • DISMAN, Miroslav. Jak se vyrábí sociologická znalost. Praha 1998..
  • Fajkus, Břetislav. Filosofie a metodologie vědy. Academia, Praha 2005.
  • Ferjenčík, Ján. Úvod do metodologie psychologického výzkumu. Praha 2000.
  • Fukač, Jiří - Poledňák, Ivan. Hudba a její pojmoslovný systém. Praha 1981.
  • Hallam, Susan, Cross, Ian (eds.). Oxford Handbook of Music Psychology. Oxford University Press 2009.
  • Lissa, Zofia. Nové studie z hudební estetiky. Praha 1982.
  • Poledňák, Ivan -Fukač, Jiří. Úvod do studia hudební vědy. Olomouc 2001, 2005.
  • Poledňák, Ivan. Hudba jako problém estetiky. Praha 2006.
  • Williams, Alistair. Constructing musicology. Aldershot, Ashgate 2001.


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): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2019) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Musicology (2026) Category: Theory and history of arts - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -