| Course title | Czech Aesthetics |
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| Course code | KFHS/KB368 |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture + Seminary |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| 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 |
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| Course content |
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Thematic plan of the course is following: 1. Opening overview introduction of the history of the Czech aesthetics since 1763 2. Karl Heinrich Seibt and August Gottlier Meissner 3. Johann Friedrich Herbart and the Czech Herbartism 4. František Palacký and Bernard Bolzano 5. Comparison of the Czech and world aesthetics - history, present 6. Josef Durdík 7. Otakar Zich 8. Jan Mukařovský 9. Jan Mukařovský 10. Jan Patočka 11. The contemporary Prague aesthetics - Vlastimil Zuska 12. Tomáš Kulka - The Art and Falzum, The Art and Kitsch 13. The youngest generation of the contemporary aestheticians
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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The aim of the course is to introduce to the students the state of the Czech aesthetics. The history of the Czech aesthetics will be followed since the moment of integration of this new estimated field (1750) to the Prague university education (1769) until the present days and state of this discipline nowadays. The special attention will be given to Jan Mukařovský, who can be considered as the most important Czech aesthetician, the Prague Linguistic Circle and the Czech Structuralism. Within the contemporary aesthetics, the biggest importance will be given to two doyens of the contemporary Prague aesthetics Vlastimil Zuska and Tomáš Kulka. The course will be focused also on the youngest generation of the contemporary aestheticians.
A student will gain the overview in the Czech aesthetics and the Czech aestheticians. He/she will know the history of the Czech aesthetics. He/she will develop the term basis needed for understanding of old and new aesthetic theories. He/she will be capable of independent argumentation. He/she will develop the ability to understand the texts and discuss and think independently within aesthetics and the theory of art. |
| Prerequisites |
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Aesthetics II
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
Oral test of orientation in discussed topics based on an essay which will follow some of discussed topics. |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester |
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