theories of aesthetics and art II, dokuz eylul university, department of philosophy, izmir, metin bal, turkey

Course Details

Course Name

Theories of Aesthetics and Art II

Language of Instruction

Course Type		Course Code
Compulsory ( )	Elective (●)	PHIL 5012

Theory (hour/week)

Application

(hour/week)

Total

(hour/week)

Term

Local Credit

ECTS Credit

Spring/II.Semester

Programmes Offering the Course

Master of Arts Degree

Course Objectives

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

Course Content

Theories of Aesthetics and Philosophy of Art from Hegel to the present

Prerequistes

Electives Recommended

Learning Outcomes

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.

Course Lecturer

Prof. Dr. Metin Bal

Department of Philosophy, Dokuz Eylül University, Faculty of Letters, Öğretim Üyeleri Binası, 3. Kat, Oda no: 328,Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi, Postcode: 35370 , Buca /İzmir, Turkey,

Tel: ++ 90 (232) 412 79 03 - Extension: 19411, Fax: ++ 90 (232) 453 90 93, balmetin@gmail.com, metin.bal@deu.edu.tr)

(Felsefe Bölümü, Dokuz Eylül Üniversitesi,

Edebiyat Fakültesi, Öğretim Üyeleri Binası, Tınaztepe Yerleşkesi,

PK: 35260, İzmir Türkiye, Tel: ++ 90 (232) 412 79 03 - , Fax: ++ 90 (232) 453 90 93

E-Posta: balmetin@gmail.com , Web: www.metinbal.net )

Course Assistant(s)

Teaching Methods
(ü) Statement	( ) Experience	( ) Demonstration-Remodelling
(ü) Discussion	( ) Case Study	( ) Project based learning
( ) Problem solution	(x) Individual Study	(x) Text analysis

Course Book / Recommended Sources

1. Lecture notes.

2. Leading works of major philosophers.

3. Artwork Examples of various currents in art.

● The presentations are made at the appointed time.

● The papers are submitted at a set time.

● Attendance to the lectures is required.

Additional Auxiliary Activities Recommended For Participants

Short-term activities:

1-) Participants of this course are expected to give a presentation on the major work of related philosopher to see to what extend knows the graduate student his/her subject.

2-) Archieve research on the primary and secondary sources of the subject.

3-) Biographical study about the philosopher.

4-) Study of chronological list of the complete works of related subject.

5-) Submission of weekly study of technical terms of the subject.

6-) The participants are expected to be interdisciplinary and to get in contact with other sciences.

Long-term activities:

7-) The participants are expected to immerse themselves in building foreign language skills.

8-) Retrospective and prospective readings in the history of philosophy about the subject.

Hegel, Georg Wilhelm F. (1994) Estetik, Güzel Sanat Üzerine Dersler, Cilt I, çev. T.A. & Hakkı Hünler, İstanbul: Payel Yayınevi.

Lifshitz, Mikhali (1968) Marx'ın Sanat Felsefesi, Çev. Murat Belge, İstanbul: Ararat Yayınevi.

Lukács, Georg (1987) Avrupa Gerçekçiliği, Balzac-Stendhal-Zola-Tolstoy-Gorki ve Diğerleri, çev. Mehmet H. Doğan, İstanbul: Payel Yayınevi.

Oskay, Ünsal (1985) Estetik ve Politika, Ernst Bloch, Georg Lukasc, Bertolt Brecht, Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Fredric Jameson, der. Ünsal Oskay, İstanbul: Eleştiri Yayınları.

Brecht, Bertolt. (2005). Tiyatro İçin Küçük Organon, çev. Ahmet Cemal, İstanbul: Mitos-Boyut Yayınları.

Benjamin, Walter (2007) Estetize Edilmiş Yaşam, Sanat'tan Savaş ve Siyasete Alman Faşizminin Kuramları,Derleyen ve Sunan: Ünsal Oskay, İstanbul: Derin Yayınları.

Eagleton, Terry. Estetiğin İdeolojisi, çev. Bülent Gözkan, Hakkı Hünler, Türker Armaner, Nur Ateş, Ayfer Dost, Engin Kılıç, Ela Akman, Neşe Nur Domaniç, Ayhan Çitil, Banu Kıroğlu, İstanbul: Doruk Yayımcılık.

Sartre, Jean-Paul (2006) İmgelem, çev. Alp Tümertekin, İstanbul: İthaki Yayınları.

Adorno, Theodor, Negative Dialectics, tr. by E. B. Ashton, Routledge: London, 1973.

Adorno, Theodor, Aesthetic Theory, tr. and ed. by Robert Hullot-Kentor, Minneapolis: Uni. of Minnesota Press,1997.

Benjamin, Walter, Illuminations, Essays and Reflections, tr. by Harry Zohn, ed. and with an introduction by Hannah Arendt, New York: Schocken Books, 2007.

Heidegger, Martin, Nietzsche I. Band, Pfullingen: Verlag Günther Neske, 1961.

Jay, Martin, The Dialectical Imagination. A History of the Frankfurt School and the Institute of Social Research 1923-1950, London: Heinemann Educational Books Ltd., 1973.

Jay, Martin, Diyalektik İmgelem, Frankfurt Okulu ve Sosyal Araştırmalar Enstitüsü 1923-1950, Çev. Ünsal Oskay, İstanbul: Ara Yay., 1989.

Weekly Subjects and Related Preparation Studies
Week	Subjects	Related Preparation
1	Hegel and The Concept of “Aesthetics”	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
2	Hegel and True Concepts of Art	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
3	Idea of Fine Art or Ideal	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
4	Hegel and The Role of of Action in Art	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
5	Nietzsche and The Work of Art in Will to Power	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
6	Nietzsche and The Work of Art in Will to Power	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
7	Lukács and the Social Role of Art	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
8	Midterm Exam
9	Sartre and Imagination	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
10	Heidegger and Non-representational Aesthetics	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
11	Heidegger and The Origin of The Work of Art	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
12	Adorno and Non-Identity Aesthetics	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
13	Benjamin and The Work of Art in The Age of Mechanical Reproduction	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
14	Marcuse and *The Aesthetic Dimension*	Book, Internet and Library Browsing
15	Final	HOME PAGE