5745004 Aesthetics and Art History
| Numbering Code | U-LET09 35745 SJ34 | Year/Term | 2022 ・ First semester | |
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| Number of Credits | 2 | Course Type | Seminar | |
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| Language | Japanese | Day/Period | Thu.2 | |
| Instructor name | SUGIYAMA TAKASHI (Graduate School of Letters Associate Professor) | |||
| Outline and Purpose of the Course | In this course, by reading German-language literature on philosophical aesthetics, we will deepen our understanding of various issues in aesthetics, while also developing practical German-language reading comprehension skills. In this semester, we will read Johann Gottfried Herder's (1744-1803) Kalligone (1800), one of the earliest criticism of Immanuel Kant's (1724-1804) Critique of the Power of Judgment (1790), in order to try to describe a "pluralistic" history of aesthetics. | |||
| Course Goals |
・Learn skills for accurately reading and comprehending classic works in philosophical aesthetics written in German. ・Improve knowledge of the history of aesthetics. |
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| Schedule and Contents |
Progress of this class will vary drastically depending on the number as well as the German reading level of the students, so an exact plan of each class session cannot be posted. Please read the following just a tentative plan. Week 1: Introduction Week 2: First Part "On the Agreeable and the Beautiful" 1 "On the Agreea ble of the Lower Senses", first half Week 3: Do., second half Week 4: First Part 2 "On the Agreeable in Figures", first half Week 5: Do., second half Week 6: First Part 3 "On the Beautiful and the Agreeable of the Outlines, Colors and Tones", first half Week 7: Do., second half Week 8: First Part 4 "On the Significance of Living Figures to the Concept of the Beauty" first half Week 9: Do., second half Week 10: First Part 5 "On the Misuse of the Names" first half Week 11: Do., second half Week 12: First Part 6 "On the Rule of the Beautiful" first half Week 13: Do., second half Week 14: Summary and Supplement 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) (60%) and a final report (essay in German) (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 | Students need to have learned elementary German grammar and must be able to read articles in German with the help of a dictionary. | |||
| Study outside of Class (preparation and review) | Students should look up unknown terms and items so that they can translate the reading passages and explain their content. | |||
| Textbooks | Textbooks/References | The instructor will distribute copies of the materials needed. | ||
| Related URL | Vol. 22 of the Complete Works edited by Suphan, containing Kalligone. | |||
