Philosophy of Art
Code
711031070
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
6
Weekly hours
4
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
1. To understand the reality, essence and historicity of Art.
2. To understand the specificity of the philosophical reflection on Art.
3. To acquire basic understanding of the several elements involved in the artistic phenomenon.
4. To acquire the capacity to question and discuss what \"artistic value\" means or is about
Prerequisites
Not applicable
Subject matter
The course consists in an exploratory research on the complex relationship between Friedrich Nietzsche’s and Fernando Pessoa’s works.
Firstly, that research will focus on the relationship between Nietzsche’s philosophy of art and a few of the most important aesthetic theories in Pessoa’s works, especially among those signed by Álvaro de Campos and presented by Pessoa as “anti-aristotelian”. Within this context, the course will include a reflection on modernism and Pessoa’s engagement with modernism in Portugal.
Secondly, the course will consist in a detailed reflection on the theme of subjectivity e, particularly, on the theme of the “plurality of the subject”, i.e. the relationship between Nietzsche’s “subject-multiplicity” and Pessoa’s “heteronomies”. Lastly, the course will focus on Pessoa’s deep concern with “the mystery of things” (especially in Álvaro de Campos and Bernardo Soares) and the relationship between this theme and Nietzsche concern with “nihilism”.
Bibliography
-Constâncio, J. (2013). O ‘Sujeito-Multiplicidade’ em Nietzsche e Pessoa. In P. Borges et. al. (Org.), Nietzsche, Pessoa e Freud (pp. 91-99). Lisboa: Centro de Filosofia da Universidade de Lisboa.
-Constâncio, J. (2013). Arte e niilismo. Nietzsche e o enigma do mundo. Lisboa: tinta-da-china.
-Constâncio, J. (2015). Nietzsche on Decentered Subjectivity or, the Existential Crisis of the Modern Subject. In J. Constâncio, M.J.M. Branco, & B. Ryan (Eds.), Nietzsche and the Problem of Subjectivity. Berlin/ Boston: De Gruyter.
-Nietzsche, F. (1980). Kritische Studienausgabe, Hrsg. G. Colli & M. Montinari, M. (15 vols.). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter.
-Pessoa, F. (1986). Obra Poética/ Obras em Prosa, ed. João Gaspar Simões (7 vols.). Lisboa: Círculo de Leitores.
-Pessoa, F. (1998). Bernardo Soares, Livro do Desassossego, ed. Richard Zenith. Lisboa: Assírio& Alvim.
Teaching method
(a) Most classes are dialogued lectures.
(b) Several of them work as a \"seminar\" (with reading, commentary, and analyses of texts projected in pdf format).
(c) Other classes (so-called \"practical\" classes) consist in critical discussions — with the students — of previously presented themes and problems.
(d) Examples from Pessoa´s art are used throughout the course.
Evaluation method
(e) Students are firstly evaluated by an exam that takes place after the first half of the course, which weighs 20% in the final mark;
(f) The crucial element is an exam at the end of the semester (70%);
(g) A positive participation in the classes is valued (10%).