Course Details |
Course Name |
Philosophical Problems Concerning Works of Art |
Language of Instruction |
Turkish or English |
Course Level |
Short Cycle( ) |
First Cycle ( ) |
Second Cycle (ü) |
Third Cycle ( ) |
Course Type |
Course Code |
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Compulsory ( ) |
Elective (ü) |
FEL 518 |
Theory (hour/week) |
Application (hour/week) |
Total (hour/week) |
Term |
Local Credit |
ECTS Credit |
3 |
0 |
3 |
Spring |
3 |
5 |
Programmes Offering the Course |
Graduate |
Course Objectives |
To develop an understanding of the relationship between art and philosophy by making study of artworks in the light of philosophical problems. |
Course Content |
The philosophical problems in literature, cinema, theater, music, painting, sculpture and architectural monuments are discussed. For the philosophical analysis of artworks, ideas of great philosophers such as Hegel, Marx, Freud, Dilthey, Bloch, Lukács, Heidegger, Sartre, Adorno, Brecht, Benjamin, Marcuse etc. are tried to be used. |
Prerequistes |
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Electives Recommended |
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Learning Outcomes |
1. Philosophical interpretations of works of art. 2. To develop an understanding of the relation between philosophy and art by analysis of work of art. 3. Application of philosophical ideas to the assessment of works of art. |
Course Lecturer |
Felsefe Bölümü, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi, Edebiyat Fakültesi, Öğretim Üyeleri Binası, Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi, PK: 35260, Buca - İzmir, Türkiye. Tel: ++ 90 (232) 412 79 03 - dahili tel: 19411, Fax: ++ 90 (232) 453 90 93 E-Posta: balmetin@gmail.com , Web: www.metinbal.net |
Course Assistant(s) |
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Course Book / Recommended Sources |
1. Lecture notes 2. Leading works of Philosophy of Art written by major philosophers. Additional Auxiliary Activities Recommended For Participants Short-term activities: 1-) Participants of this course are expected to give a presentation on the major work of related philosopher to see to what extend knows the graduate student his/her subject. 2-) Archieve research on the primary and secondary sources of the subject. 3-) Biographical study about the philosopher. 4-) Study of chronological list of the complete works of related subject. 5-) Submission of weekly study of technical terms of the subject. 6-) The participants are expected to be interdisciplinary and to get in contact with other sciences. Long-term activities: 7-) The participants are expected to immerse themselves in building foreign language skills. 8-) Retrospective and prospective readings in the history of philosophy about the subject. |
Weekly Subjects and Related Preparation Studies |
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Week |
Subjects |
Related Preparation |
1 |
World as Work of Art: Nietzsche |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
2 |
Avant-Garde Artists |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
3 |
The Origin of Work of Art |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
4 |
The Origin of Work of Art |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
5 |
The Origin of Work of Art |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
6 |
The Society of the Spectacle |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
7 |
The Society of the Spectacle |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
8 |
Midterm |
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9 |
Impressionism and Experience |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
10 |
Expressionism as a Depth Model |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
11 |
Surrealism and The Escape from Reality |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
12 |
Futurism and Art in the Age of Technology |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
13 |
Why could not we write poetry today? |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
14 |
Why could not we write poetry today? |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
15 |
The Work of Art in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility: Benjamin |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
16 |
The Work of Art in the Age of its Technological Reproducibility: Benjamin |
Book, Internet and Library Browsing |
17 |
Final |
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