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Aesthetics and the Arts
| Code: | MFIL043 | Acronym: | EA |
Instance: 2016/2017 - 2S
| Active? | Yes |
| Responsible unit: | Department of Philosophy |
| Course/CS Responsible: | Masters in Philosophy |
Cycles of Study/Courses
| Acronym | No. of Students | Study Plan | Curricular Years | Credits UCN | Credits ECTS | Contact hours | Total Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MFIL | 9 | MFIL - Study Plan | 1 | - | 10 | 58 | 270 |
Teaching language
Suitable for English-speaking studentsObjectives
To map a form of visual and conceptual imagination on the complex scenario of the meaning of aesthetics and art in the contemporary age.
To reflect on the problematic relations between aesthetics and politics in the contemporary age
To analyze the gesture of creation as a political and aesthetic event.
Starting from the poliphony of senses in “contemporary art”, to think of art as an act of resistance.
To create the conditions to conduct an in-depth reflection on the themes included in the programme.
Learning outcomes and competences
Intimate knowledge of a set of important discussions in the field of aesthetics.
Working method
PresencialProgram
1. Events. Aesthetical experience and artistic experience: an essential afinity.
1.1. History, childhood and narration.
1.2. Gestures of creation and figures of becoming.
1.3. From the affective versions of the world to the affected subject. Exposure and unexposed.
2. Fictions & Fabulations. The dispersion of aesthetical experience in the contemporary age.
2.1.The cut, the discontinuous, the fragment and the ephemeral.
2.2. The sublime in the "contemporary".
3. Sismographies. The relationship between aesthetics and politics
3.1. Between presence and representation: power, image and art. Biopolitics.
3.2. The art as a form of resistance and insubmission: body, archive and testimony.
3.3. The inclusion of time in image: disappearing, memory, forgetting
Mandatory literature
Agamben, Giorgio, 1942-; Enfance et histoire. ISBN: 2-228-89343-9Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940; Sobre arte, técnica, linguagem e política. ISBN: 972-708-177-0
Benjamin, Walter, 1892-1940; Oeuvres. ISBN: 2-07-040666-0
Cometti, JP & Morizot, J; Dictionnaire d’esthétique et de philosophie de l’art. , Paris, Armand Colin, 2007
Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995; A^imagem movimento. ISBN: 972-37-0958-9
Deleuze, Gilles, 1925-1995; A^imagem-tempo. ISBN: 972-37-1096-X
Derrida, J.; Memórias de Cego. O auto-retrato e outras ruínas, Lisboa, Fundação Calouste Gulbenkian, 2010
Derrida, J; Artaud le Moma, Paris, Galilée, 2002
Didi-Huberman, G; Images malgré tout, Paris, Minuit, 2003
Foucault, Michel, 1926-1984; L.ordre du discours
Foucault, M; Dits et Écrits I, II, Paris, Gallimard, 2001
Gil, J; O Imperceptível Devir da Imanência, Lisboa, Relógio D'Água, 2008
Haar, Michel; L.oeuvre d.art. ISBN: 2-218-00560-3
Rancière, Jacques, 1940-; Le^spectateur émancipé. ISBN: 978-2-91-337280-1
Rancière, Jacques, 1940-; Le^partage du sensible
Souriau, Étienne; Vocabulaire d.esthétique. ISBN: 2-13-042696-4
Teaching methods and learning activities
Seminar work, based on direct access to the sources. Reading and commentary of text and visual materials.
Debate with Portuguese and foreign experts invited to the seminar.
a) Regular attendance to the seminar to ensure a continuous participation in the theoretical debates and work on the texts.
b) Each student will write a short paper based on his/her reading and individual study of one of the texts that constitute the main bibliography of the seminar and which will be presented in public in the corresponding session.
c) In a date to be determined, a short essay will be presented (maximum 10/15 pages) in which the ideas developed in the paper mentioned in the previous item (b) will be related with the general conclusions of the Seminar considered by the student as the most relevant for his/her work.
keywords
Humanities > PhilosophyHumanities > Philosophy > Aesthetics
Humanities > Arts
Evaluation Type
Distributed evaluation without final examAssessment Components
| Designation | Weight (%) |
|---|---|
| Participação presencial | 10,00 |
| Trabalho escrito | 90,00 |
| Total: | 100,00 |
Amount of time allocated to each course unit
| Designation | Time (hours) |
|---|---|
| Estudo autónomo | 100,00 |
| Frequência das aulas | 45,00 |
| Trabalho de investigação | 125,00 |
| Total: | 270,00 |
Eligibility for exams
In accordance with the Assessment Regulations in force. Attendance of 75% of estimated classes, in accordance with Article 9 of the Assessment Regulations applicable to 1st Cycle Course - Licenciatura, approved by the Teaching Standards Committee on 18 July 2007.
Calculation formula of final grade
90% on the basis of a written paper, discussed in the seminar. 10% on the basis of oral interventions in the seminar.
Examinations or Special Assignments
Doesn't apply.
Special assessment (TE, DA, ...)
In accordance with the assessment Regulations in force at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto.
Classification improvement
In accordance with the assessment Regulations in force at the Faculty of Arts of the University of Porto.
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