5745002 Aesthetics and Art History
| Numbering Code | U-LET09 35745 SJ34 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ Second semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Seminar | |
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| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Fri.2 | |
| Instructor name | SUGIYAMA TAKASHI (Graduate School of Letters Associate Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | In this course, by reading (an) English literature(s) on aesthetics, we will deepen our understanding of various issues in aesthetics. knowledge of various issues in modern aesthetics, while also developing practical English-language reading comprehension skills. In this semester, we will read the Reflections on Poetry of Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (the English translation of his dissertation Meditationes philosophicae de nonnullis ad poema pertinentibus), where the word "aesthetics" was used for the first time. | |||
| Course Goals |
・Become capable of accurately understanding aesthetic arguments written in English. ・Improve knowledge of the history of aesthetics. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
Week 1: Introduction Week 2: §§1-9 Week 3: §§10-18 Week 4: §§19-27 Week 5: §§28-36 Week 6: §§37-45 Week 7: §§46-54 Week 8: §§55-63 Week 9: §§64-72 Week 10: §§73-81 Week 11: §§82-90 Week 12: §§91-99 Week 13: §§100-108 Week 14: §§109-117 Week 15: Feedback |
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| Evaluation Methods and Policy |
Assessment will be based on class participation (reading and translation during class readings, level of participation in discussions, presentation performance if applicable) (60%) and a final report (translation of unread portions of the text, or essay in English on reading content, details to be given in class) (40%). Credit will not be given to students who are absent for 1/3 or more of the total class sessions, regardless of the reason. |
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| Course Requirements | None | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students should look up unfamiliar terms and items so that they can translate the text into Japanese, regardless of which part is assigned to them. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | Reflections on Poetry, Alexander Gottlieb Baumgarten (translated by Karl Aschenbrenner and WIllam B. Holther), (University of California Press, 1954), available at https://archive.org/details/reflectionsonpoe030202mbp | ||
