Course: Hermeneutics as Art

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Course title Hermeneutics as Art
Course code KPF/B105
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
Lecturer(s)
  • Šimsa Martin, PhDr. Ph.D.
Course content
1) Introduction to the hermeneutic thinking H.- G. Gadamer, P. Ricoeur and U. Eco - similarities and differences 2) Gadamer I: Hermeneutics and Aesthetics 3) Gadamer II: reading images and constructions 4) Gadamer III: reading images and Structures II 5) Gadamer IV: The reading of paintings and constructions III 6) I Ricoeur: Hermeneutics and narrative time 7) Ricoeur II: Mimesis I, II mimesis, mimesis III 8) III Ricoeur: Hermeneutics Literature 9) Ricoeur IV: Hermeneutics History 10) Eco I: Hermeneutics and semiotics 11) Eco II: Imaginary worlds, copies and fakes 12) Eco III: How to interpret the drama, series, animals 13) Eco IV: Hermeneutics and truth

Learning activities and teaching methods
unspecified, unspecified
Learning outcomes
The target of the course is to become oriented in problems and issues of hermeneutics as art, focused on three texts hermeneutic thinkers, Gadamer, Ricoeur and Eco, the relationship between hermeneutics, phenomenology and pragmatics.
Understanding the ideas and concepts of hermeneutics as art - Gadamer, Ricoeur,Eco Ability to analyze and interpret the hermeneutic-artistic texts Ability to distinguish three different approaches interpreted by the authors Ability to use the ideas and concepts of hermeneutics of art in oral and written form
Prerequisites
None.

Assessment methods and criteria
unspecified
Seminar work Read f at least two pieces of work related to hermeneutics, active participation in reading texts in seminar
Recommended literature
  • Doležel, L. Heterocosmica. Fikce a možné světy. Karolinum, Praha, 2003. ISBN 80-246-0735-2.
  • Eco, U. Meze interpretace. Praha. Praha, Karolinum, 2005. ISBN 80-246-0740-9.
  • Eco, U. Otevřené dílo. Argo, Praha, 2015. ISBN 9788025711583.
  • Eco, U. Teorie sémiotiky. Praha, 2009. ISBN 978-80-257-0157-7.
  • Gadamer, H. G. Aktualita krásneho (Umenie ako hra, symbol a slávnosť). Archa, 1995.
  • Gadamer, H. G. Člověk a řeč. Praha, 1999. ISBN 80-86005-76-3.
  • GADAMER, H. G. Pravda a metoda I.. Praha, 2010.
  • GADAMER, H. G. Über das Lesen von Bauten und Bildern, GW, Band 8, Ästhetik und Poetik. Tübingen, 1999. ISBN 978-3825221157.
  • P.Ricoeur. Čas a vyprávění III. Praha, 2007. ISBN 80-7298-105-2.
  • P.Ricoeur. Čas a vyprávění II. Praha, 2002. ISBN 80-7298-051-3.
  • P.Ricoeur. Čas a vyprávění I. Praha, 2000. ISBN 80-7298-017-3.
  • P.Ricoeur. Hermeneutics and Human Sciences, Cambridge. 1981.


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): Philosophy (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Human Studies focused Aesthetics (A14) Category: Philosophy, theology - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -