AESTHETICS
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- Versione italiana
- Academic year
- 2021/2022
- Teacher
- ANDREA GATTI
- Credits
- 12
- Didactic period
- Primo Semestre
- SSD
- M-FIL/04
Training objectives
- a) Knowledge of the matter:
- to acquire a general knowledge of the history of the discipline;
- to explore themes and issues related to the history of aesthetics and the contemporary debate;
- to acquire a solid cultural background;
- Develop a useful method approach of philosophical texts.
b) Application Capacity
- to develop skills and ability to manage the topics and in the history of the discipline;
- to develop accuracy and precision in philosophical language;
- to develop skills of analysis and interpretation of philosophical texts;
- to develop the ability to distinguish the contexts and the various points of view in a text or a philosophical issue;
- to develop logical skills of analysis and solution of theoretical problems and apply them to practice;
c) Soft skills
- to develop analytical skills of exposure;
- to develop a personal and critical point of view on issues of history and theory of the discipline;
- to develop ability to use philosophical knowledge to review and assess problems related to the contemporary world;
- to develop ability to draft texts and reports on relevant topics Prerequisites
- Basic knowledges of the history of philosophy may favor the approach to the discipline, although they are not compulsory or mandatory. Moreover, skills and competences of intermediate level of logical-theoretical and linguistic-expressive type are required.
Course programme
- - General outline of the history of aesthetics;
- Illustration of the causes, character, values and dynamics of the aesthetic appreciation, as generated by art, new media, contemporary iconosphere;
- analysis of the function of taste in the context of the contemporary education, communication and the so-called "widespread aesthetics";
- Relationship between "widespread aesthetics" and contemporary visual culture
- Analysis of the aesthetic theories of the Frankfurt School. Didactic methods
- Asynchronous lesson providing analysis of topics and questions relevant to the history of aesthetics, readings and comments on texts, displaying of images related to the modern and contemporary visual culture.
It is expected that at least one lesson per week can be taught in presence or synchronous mode. Learning assessment procedures
- Written or oral test
The written exam will (duration: 20 minutes) will be structured as follows:
A) 16 multiple answer questions (2 points for each correct answer; the maximum score will be reached by those who will give correct answers to all the questions)
Under certain conditions, depending on the number of candidates, the exam can take place in oral form. The oral exam consists of about 4-5 questions. The subject of the initial question can be proposed by the student. The exam will last for approx. 20-30 minutes per student. Evaluation will take into account not only the knowledge acquired by the student, but also the correctness in the use of terms, stylistic skills, ability to synthesize the crucial nodes of the question. No partial exams are scheduled. Reference texts
- 1) GENERAL COURSE
F. DESIDERI-C. CANTELLI, Storia dell'Estetica occidentale. Da Omero alle Neuroscienze, Roma, Carocci, 2020.
The students are required to study ONLY the following authors: Plato, Aristotle, Plotinus, Shaftesbury, Burke, Kant, Hegel, Schopenhauer, Nietzsche, Freud, Heidegger, Benjamin, Adorno, Marcuse.
2) MONOGRAPHIC COURSE
It is mandatory to read the following two texts (ONLY the pages indicated, not the entire volume):
WALTER BENJAMIN, "The work of art in the age of mechanical reproduction". Students must read only this essay from any edition of miscellaneous collection.
-MAX HORKHEIMER e THEODORE W. ADORNO, Dialectic of the Enlightenment (1944), only the chapters: "The concept of Enlightenment" and "The Culture Industry: Enlightenment as Mass Deception"
