Art and Experience - 2nd semester
Code
722031033
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
João Pardana Constâncio
Weekly hours
3 letivas + 1 tutorial
Teaching language
Portuguese
Objectives
a) To acquire an understanding of the specificity of Aesthetics and its problems and its relation to the philosophy of art.
b) The acquire a clear understanding of the notion of aesthetic experience on the basis of the meaning the concepts of experience and aesthetic experience have acquired in the history of philosophy.
c) To acquire the capacity to problematize the meaning and significance of this notion for the interpretation of contemporary art.
Prerequisites
None
Subject matter
Bibliography
CONSTÂNCIO, João (2013), Arte e Niilismo Nietzsche e o enigma do mundo, Lisboa: tinta-da-china
CONSTÂNCIO, João (2016), Nietzsche on Nihilism (eine unersättliche Diskussion?), in: Bertino, A./ Poljakova, E./ Rupschus, A./ Alberts, B. (eds), Zur Philosophie der Orientierung, 83-100, Berlin/ Boston: de Gruyter
CONSTÂNCIO, João (forthcoming), Nietzsche and Schopenhauer: On Nihilism and the Ascetic Will to Nothingness, in S. Shapshy, The Palgrave Schopenhauer Handbook, New York: Palgrave Macmillan
PIPPIN, Robert B. (2012), Fatalism in American Film Noir: Some Cinematic Philosophy, Charlottsville and London: University of Virginia Press
RANCIÈRE, Jacques (2013), Béla Tarr: o tempo do depois, trad. L. Lima, Lisboa: Orfeu Negro
Teaching method
Most classes are dialogued lectures.
Several of them work as a \"seminar\" (with reading, commentary, and analyses of texts).
Other classes (so-called \"practical\" classes) consist in critical discussions with the students of previously presented themes and problems.
Evaluation method
Students are evaluated by a mandatory 12 pages essay;
Students are also evaluated by an oral presentation of their essay;
A positive participation in the classes is valued.