Specialty Seminar in Aesthetics
Objectives
a) To acquire the capacity to distinguish the process that leads to the creation of works of art from other processesand the kinds of activity.
b) To acquire the capacity to problematize the classical categories of Aesthetics, as for instance aesthetic experience,aesthetic value, creative subject, beauty, aesthetic attitude.
c) To acquire advanced knowledge of the main aesthetic theories.
General characterization
Code
73203103
Credits
10.0
Responsible teacher
João Manuel Pardana Constâncio
Hours
Weekly - 2
Total - 280
Teaching language
Portuguese
Prerequisites
N/A
Bibliography
- HEIDEGGER, Martin, Der Ursprung des Kunstwerks, in: Holzwege (GA5), Vittorio Klostermann, Frankfurt a.M., 1977/ Aorigem da obra de arte, Edições 70, São Paulo, 2010
- RANCIÈRE, Jacques, Le spectateur émancipé, La Fabrique éditions, Paris, 2008 / O espectador emancipado, trad. José Miranda Justo, Lisboa, Orfeu Negro, 2010
Teaching method
Classes will take the form of seminars (with reading, commentary, and analyses of texts).
Evaluation method
Continuous assessment - Mandatory 12 pages essay(50%), Positive participation in the classes(50%)
Subject matter
The course is devoted to the analysis and discussion of two works:
-Martin Heidegger’s The Origin of the Work of Art;
-Jacques Rancière’ The emancipated spectator.
There seems to be no common ground in the way in which Heidegger and Rancière conceive of contemporary art.“Heidegger and Rancière” may be just the title for a disagreement. However, the course will explore the possibility ofthere being subterranean channels that connect the two authors, namely in the fundamental connection that both haveto the aesthetic tradition of the West.