COURSE UNIT TITLE

: THE PROBLEMS OF AESTHETICS AND PHILOSOPHY OF ART

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 6036 THE PROBLEMS OF AESTHETICS AND PHILOSOPHY OF ART ELECTIVE 3 0 0 11

Offered By

PHILOSOPHY

Level of Course Unit

Third Cycle Programmes (Doctorate Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR METIN BAL

Offered to

PHILOSOPHY

Course Objective

To develop a philosophical understanding of arguments developed by contemporary currents in art such as impressionism, formalism, expressionism, surrealism, cubism, futurism and constructivism, and to make a critique of traditional theories of art and aesthetics from the perspective of contemporary thinkers.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   By the end of this course students will be able to comprehend philosophical evaluation of currents in art.
2   understand the theories underlie contemporary currents in art.
3   learn the problems presented by contemporary currents in art and develop arguments about related problems, and convey the solutions derived to others.
4   raise new philosophical questions about art and aesthetics developed in contemporary times.
5   ground the developed ideas on safe foundations.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The concept of ostranenie of Formalism
2 Lukács s Aesthetics
3 Lukács s Aesthetics
4 Aesthetics in the Post-Industrial Age
5 Aesthetics in the Post-Industrial Age
6 Adorno s Aesthetics of Identity
7 Adorno s Aesthetics of Identity
8 Midterm
9 Jameson s Aesthetics
10 Marcuse and the Dimension of Aesthetics
11 Marcuse and the Dimension of Aesthetics
12 Benjamin and Aesthetical Life
13 Brecht and the Theory of Epic Theatre
14 Presentation
15 Presentation
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

Ameriks, Karl (2000) The Cambridge Companion to German Idealism , edited, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Burke, Edmund (MDCCLXIV) A Philosophical Enquiry into the Origin of the Sublime and Beautiful, London: R. and J. Dodsley.
Faden, Gerhard (1986) Der Schein der Kunst, Zu Heideggers Kritik der Ästhetik, Würzburg: Verlag Dr. Johannes Königshausen und Dr. Thomas Neumann.
Fenves, Peter (2003) Late Kant, Towards Another Law of The Earth, New York and London: Routledge.
Gagnebin, Murielle (2011) Psikanalitik Bir Estetik Için, Çev. Simla Ongan, Istanbul: Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Kant, Immanuel (2000) Critique of the Power of Judgment, tr. by Paul Guyer, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.
Sartre, Jean-Paul (2001) The Psychology of Imagination, tr. and Indroduction by Mary Warnock, New York: Routledge.
Sartre, Jean-Paul (1970) Essays in Aesthetics, selected and tr. by Wade Baskin, New York: Boks for Libraries Press.
Sartre, Jean-Paul. Imgelem, çev. Alp Tümertekin, Ithaki Yayınları, Istanbul, 2016.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

See "Assessment Methods" and "ECTS Table"

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

LO 1-3 will be evaluated by his/her presentation.
LO 4-5 will be evaluated by the assignment of the student and by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exam.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. %70 attendance is required.
2. The participation in midterm and final exams will be considered in grading.
3. The participation in presentation activity will be considered in grading.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

0232 301 94 11
metin.bal@deu.edu.tr
http://www.metinbal.net

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparation for midterm exam 1 20 20
Preparation for final exam 1 60 60
Preparing assignments 1 30 30
Preparing presentations 1 35 35
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 8 104
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 279

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14PO.15
LO.15445
LO.24
LO.3554
LO.453
LO.543453