COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AESTHETIC THEORIES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 3146 AESTHETIC THEORIES ELECTIVE 3 0 0 4

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

First Cycle Programmes (Bachelor's Degree)

Course Coordinator

PROFESSOR DOCTOR METIN BAL

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

The objective of this course is to investigate the relationship between philosophy of art and aesthetics by focusing on the theories of aesthetics and art and their critique.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   At the end of the course, the student will be able to define the basic concepts of aesthetics,
2   Know the philosophy of art and its history,
3   Comprehend the relationship and difference between philosophy of art and aesthetics,
4   Describe the philosophy of art as a field of knowledge in philosophy and analyze different views on art,
5   Understand an art object on a aesthetic platform and evaluate his/her understanding.

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Introduction: art, human being and life
2 Art in Ancient times: Plato and Aristotle
3 Aristotle`s understanding of tragedy and the function of art
4 Kant and Hegel
5 Aesthetics and philosophy of art
6 The relation between philosophy of art and history of art
7 The object of artist
8 Midterm exam
9 Schopenhauer's artistic view
10 Heidegger: Origin of the art object
11 Hartmann's artistic view
12 Poem, painting, sculpture
13 Theories in literature
14 An evaluation of a novel
15 An evaluation of a novel
16 Final Exam

Recomended or Required Reading

Aristoteles (1987). "Poetika", çev. Ismail Tunalı, Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.

Camus, Albert (2003). "Doğrular", Istanbul: Yaba Yayınları.

Kuçuradi, Ioanna (2009). "Sanata Felsefeyle Bakmak", Ankara: Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu Yayınları.

Moran, Berna (2006). "Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri", Istanbul: Iletişim Yayınları.

Platon (1993). "Devlet", Türkçesi: S. Eyüboğlu, M. Ali Cimcoz, Istanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.

Yetiken, Hülya (2009). "Estetiğin ABC si", Istanbul: Say Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

1. Lecture
2. Discussion
3. Question-Answer

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FIN FINAL EXAM
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + FIN * 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

1. LO 1-5:The student s performance will be evaluated by the questions that will be asked in midterm and final exams.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

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

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

To be announced.

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 13 3 39
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 2 26
Preparation for midterm exam 1 12 12
Preparation for final exam 1 14 14
Preparing presentations 1 5 5
Final 1 2 2
Midterm 1 2 2
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 100

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.155
LO.245
LO.354454
LO.4555444
LO.53535