COURSE UNIT TITLE

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR METIN BAL

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

To understand the development of fundamental concepts of aesthetics throughout the
history of philosophy and to discuss different meanings applied to aesthetics in the
boks of great philosophers.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Recomended or Required Reading

Osborne, Harold (1970) Aesthetics adn Art Theory, An Historical Introduction, E.P. Dutton, New York.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm F. (1994) Estetik, Güzel Sanat Üzerine Dersler, Cilt I, çev. T.A.
& Hakkı Hünler, Istanbul: Payel Yayınevi.
Lifshitz, Mikhali (1968) Marx'ın Sanat Felsefesi, Çev. Murat Belge, Istanbul: Ararat
Yayınevi.
Lukács, Georg (1987) Avrupa Gerçekçiliği, Balzac-Stendhal-Zola-Tolstoy-Gorki ve
Diğerleri, çev. Mehmet H. Doğan, Istanbul: Payel Yayınevi.
Oskay, Ünsal (1985) Estetik ve Politika, Ernst Bloch, Georg Lukasc, Bertolt Brecht,
Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Fredric Jameson, der. Ünsal Oskay, Istanbul: Eleştiri
Yayınları.
Brecht, Bertolt. (2005). Tiyatro Için Küçük Organon, çev. Ahmet Cemal, Istanbul: Mitos-
Boyut Yayınları.
Benjamin, Walter (2007) Estetize Edilmiş Yaşam, Sanat'tan Savaş ve Siyasete Alman
Faşizminin Kuramları,Derleyen ve Sunan: Ünsal Oskay, Istanbul: Derin Yayınları.
Sartre, Jean-Paul (2006) Imgelem, çev. Alp Tümertekin, Istanbul: Ithaki Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The activities are shown in deail in the section of "Evaluation Methods" and "Workload
Computation"

Assessment Methods

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcome 1 and 3 will be evaluated according to mid term exam and the
presentation that the student will prepare.
Learning outcome 4 and 5 will be evaluated according to final exam and the homework
that the student will prepare.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. The presentations are made at the appointed time. The papers are submitted at a set
time.
2. Attendance to the lectures is required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Metin Bal, Dokuz Eylul Universitesi, Tinaztepe Kampusu, Ogretim Uyeleri Binasi, kat: 3, Felsefe Bolumu, oda no: 328, PK: 35260, Buca, Izmir, TURKEY.
Tel: ++90 (232) 412 89 03, extention: 19411, Fax: ++90 (232) 453 90 93,
Tel: ++90 (232) 301 94 11
metin.bal@deu.edu.tr, balmetin@gmail.com
http://www.metinbal.net

Office Hours

Tuesday: 8:30-9:15, Thursday: 8:30-9:15.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes