Art and Experience - 2nd semester
Code
722031033
Academic unit
Faculdade de Ciências Sociais e Humanas
Department
Filosofia
Credits
10
Teacher in charge
Bartholomew Ryan
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
Five philosophical plays of modernity will be analysed in questioning the relationship between Theatre and Philosophy in Modernity, and how experimental modern philosophy, from Kierkegaard to Nietzsche to Deleuze may help us to understand these particular plays, and in turn how theatre can assist philosophy in exploring the plurality of human existence in our troubled modern world. Taking inspiration from Nietzsche’s expression to “open your theatre eye”, the aim of the course is to explore aspects of nihilism, paralysis, masks, the subversion of the hero, plurality, and direct and indirect political revolution in the modern elusive self
Bibliography
ADORNO, T. “Trying to understand Endgame”, Notes to Literature, Vol. 1, New York: Colombia Press, 1991
BENJAMIN, W. “O que é o teatro épico”, Ensaios sobre Literatura, trad. João Barrento, Lisboa: Assírio & Alvim.
DELEUZE, G. trechos de Mil Platôs
KIERKEGAARD, S. “Uma crise e a crise na vida de uma atriz”, e trechos de Ou/Ou; Temor e Tremor, Repetição, O Desespero Humano
KLEIST, H. v. Sobre o Teatro de Marionetas e Outros Escritos, trad. José Mirando Justo, Lisboa: Antígona, 2009
Teaching method
(a) most classes are dialogued lectures, (b) several of them work as a \\"seminar\\" (with reading, commentary, and analyses of texts), (c) other classes (so-called \\"practical\\" classes) consist in critical discussions — with the students — of previously presented themes and problems.
Evaluation method
(d) students are evaluated by a mandatory 12 pages essay; (e) students are also evaluated by an oral presentation of their essay; (f) a positive participation in the classes is valued.