AESTHETIC I
- Academic year
- 2023/2024 Syllabus of previous years
- Official course title
- ESTETICA I
- Course code
- FT0280 (AF:462942 AR:251958)
- Modality
- On campus classes
- ECTS credits
- 6
- Subdivision
- A
- Degree level
- Bachelor's Degree Programme
- Educational sector code
- M-FIL/04
- Period
- 4th Term
- Course year
- 1
- Moodle
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Contribution of the course to the overall degree programme goals
Expected learning outcomes
1. learn classical themes, authors and problems which characterized the historical development of western aesthetics as autonomous field of studies
2. develop the ability of contextualising categories, concepts and debates from both, the cultural and historic point of view
3. learn to critically analyse aspects and problems linked to the application of concepts and categories of western aesthetic to contexts belonging to non-western tradition
4. acquire a specific vocabulary of aesthetics
Pre-requirements
Contents
Referral texts
- Kant I., Critica del giudizio, Laterza (o atre edizioni). Sono da preparare le seguenti parti: Introduzione (in particolare i paragrafi III e IV), Parte I, “Critica del giudizio estetico”
- Caoci A. (a cura di) (2008), Antropologia, estetica e arte; Milano: Franco Angeli
- Geertz C. (2001), “L’arte come sistema culturale”, in: Id., Antropologia interpretativa; Bologna: Il Mulino, pp. 119-152
- Gene Blocker H. (2005), “L’estetica non-occidentale come invenzione coloniale”, in: G. Matteucci (a cura di) (2005), Elementi di estetica analitica, «Discipline Filosofiche», XV, 2, pp. 211-222
- Bourdieu P. (2005), “La genesi storica dell’estetica pura”, in: Id., Le regole dell’arte; Milano: Il Saggiatore, pp. 369-399
B) NON ATTENDING STUDENTS must add to the list A) one of the following books (with particular reference to the specified parts, if indicated):
- Desideri F.-Cantelli C. (2020), Storia dell’estetica occidentale, Da Omero alle neuroscienze. Nuova edizione; Roma: Carocci (in particolare, le parti dedicate ai seguenti temi e autori: Platone pp. 41-51, Aristotele pp. 51-58, Baumgarten pp. 305-310, Kant pp. 311-321, Schiller pp. 349-355, Hegel pp. 386-403, Arnheim pp. 520-522, Danto pp. 658-662, Everyday aesthetics, comparative aesthetics and anthropological approaches, Neuroaesthetics pp. 667-685); Roma: Carocci
- Pinotti A. (ed.) (2022), Il primo libro di estetica; Milano: Mimesis
The BIBLIOGRAPHY may be subject to changes until the beginning of the lecture course.
Assessment methods
1. The paper must be written in Times New Roman 12, with a 1,5 line spacing and with 2 cm margin.
2. All direct or indirect quotes in the course, mandatory and/or further readings must be attributed to the author indicating the author's name, publication date and page number. The author-date method must be completed by a list of bibliographic references at the end of the paper. Students are invited to use editorial guidelines of a national or international philosophical journal.
3. After the communication of the final course mark, students are invited to receive some feedback on their paper
4. Attending students: the maximal lenght of the paper must not exceed 25.000 characters (including spaces, excluding bibliography)
5. Non attending students: the maximal lenght of the paper must not exceed 30.000 characters (including spaces, excluding bibliography)
6. Both attending and non attending students must agree the theme of the paper with the lecturer.
7. Students who do not submit the paper by e-mail to the lecturer within the date and time indicated cannot sustain the exam and must sustain at the next scheduled exam session.
8. On the MOODLE page of the course, students will find DETAILS concerning POSSIBLE TOPICS for the paper along with FURTHER INDICATIONS about how to prepare the paper.
9 - In order to pass the exam, students will be expected to analyze the topic of their paper by using (and comparing) the theoretical approaches addressed by EACH of the texts of the compulsory readings.
Assessment criteria:
1. knowledge and ability to critical analyze the compulsory readings
2. comprehension of key notions
3. bibliographic references to pertinent theoretical contents, quote and examples
4. accuracy of contents and comprehensiveness of the addressed topics
5. capacity for clear expression use of the specific vocabulary
6. capacity to link and compare different authors and theoretical approaches
Teaching methods
- Analytical reading of selected passages from the compulsory readings
- Students are encouraged to participate actively
- After the communication of the final mark, students are invited to receive feedback on the written exam
Teaching language
Further information
The syllabus Aesthetics II is designed as a development of the program worked out in Aesthetics I by Professor Dreon.
Class attendance is not compulsory but it is highly recommended. All students are invited to regularly check the MOODLE page of the course.