Art and Subjectivity
Code
722011094
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Ciências da Comunicação
Credits
10
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
Thinking about the subject and the subjectivation modes in arts
Thinking about the identity and the identification modes in arts
Prerequisites
None.
Subject matter
The bios and the logos
The auto-biographical registering.
The self-portrait
Every academic year it will be suggested a (or more) work according to the proposed objectives. Examples:
-The series of paintings The Girls, by Paula Rego.
-The series of paintings Study of the Human Body, by Francis Bacon.
-The book The Portrait of Dorian Grey, by Oscar Wilde.
Bibliography
DELEUZE, Gilles, Logique de la sensation, I, II, Paris, Ed. De la Différence, 1981
BARTLETT, Steven, Reflexivity. A source-book in self-reference, Amesterdão, North Holland, 1992
BARTLETT, Steven, Self-reference, Dordrecht, M N, 1987
JAY, Paul, Being in the text, Ithaca, CUP, 1984
NOTH, Winfried, A auto-referência na perspectiva da teoria dos sistemas e da semiótica, in RCL nº 29, 2001
Teaching method
Theoretical-practical (60-40%): Seminary method (lecturing, reading and commenting)
Evaluation method
1) Participation in sessions
2) Suggested readings
3) Oral presentation in the seminary
4) Written paper