COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AESTHETICS AND ART THEORIES II

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5036 AESTHETICS AND ART THEORIES II ELECTIVE 3 0 0 5

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 investigate the ideas of philosophers, from Hegel to the present, who made contributions to the field of aesthetics and philosophy of art.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The participants gain the knowledge of the theories of aesthetics and philosophy of art developed by philosophers from Hegel to the present.
2   A special ability to evaluate the solutions developed by philosophers related to aesthetics is built.
3   The participants could make comparisons between new and old theories of aesthetics.
4   The participants could ground these ideas on a solid basis.
5   The participants equip themselves with an intellectual capital that renders them critic in the field of aesthetic and philosophy of art.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Hegel and The Concept of Aesthetics
2 Hegel and True Concepts of Art
3 Idea of Fine Art or Ideal
4 Hegel and The Role of of Action in Art
5 Nietzsche and The Work of Art in Will to Power
6 Midterm
7 Presentations
8 Lukács and the Social Role of Art
9 Lukács and the Social Role of Art
10 Sartre and Imagination
11 Heidegger and Non-representational Aesthetics
12 Heidegger and The Origin of The Work of Art
13 Adorno and Non-Identity Aesthetics
14 Benjamin and The Work of Art in The Age of Mechanical Reproduction
15 Presentations
16 Final

Recomended or Required Reading

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.
Sartre, Jean-Paul. The Imaginary (A Phenomenological Psychology of the Imagination), çev. Jonathan Webber, Routledge, London, 2004.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecturing, argumentation and presentation.

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


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
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
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 3 39
Preparation for midterm exam 1 6 6
Preparation for final exam 1 6 6
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 25 25
Midterm 1 3 3
Final 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 131

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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