1720 - Aesthetics
Course information
- Title
- Aesthetics
- Course number
- 1720.24
- Academic year
- 2024-2025
- ECTS
- 10.00
- Level
- Master
- Faculties
- Faroese Language and Literature
- Educations
- MA in Faroese
- Prerequisites
- The student must have passed a BA in Faroese or equivalent. It is also possible to take the course as a single course with other prerequisites (refer to the programme description in force).
- Language of instruction
- Faroese
- Registration
- Students on the second semester of Master of Arts in Faroese Language and Literature apply to the course via Moodle. Applicants for an individual course must apply via The Student Affairs Centre by sending an email to umsokn@setur.fo
- Beginning date
- Thursday, February 6, 2025
- End date
- Thursday, May 8, 2025
Academic content
- Purpose
- The course provides an introduction to aesthetics as a subject and as a tool for analysing art. Students gain knowledge about key theories and concepts in aesthetics and develop their ability to explore philosophical questions about art through discussion and critical thinking.
- Learning outcomes
- By the end of the course, students should be able to: - carefully explicate some of the main currents in the history of aesthetics - make relevant comparisons of aesthetic views - critically examine significant concepts in aesthetics - use logic to think clearly about the strengths and weaknesses of aesthetic theories - apply their own judgment to reach independent conclusions about aesthetic matters - use aesthetics in practice to develop novel interpretations of art works and artistic disciplines from a philosophical perspective.
- Content
- Readings are drawn from a selection of primary texts which have been of decisive importance in the history of aesthetics. Topics to be covered include the most important attempts to define art as well as the question whether it is at all possible to define art. Is there any common denominator which characterises all art, or do the various artistic disciplines have their own core which pulls them in separate directions? We will also ask what artistic value is and what reasons it is possible to have for saying that one work of art is better than another. Do some individuals have especially good aesthetic taste which makes them more capable of distinguishing between good and bad art that others, or is aesthetic taste merely an indication of the class to which one belongs? Finally, we will also examine the relationship between artist and viewer/listener/reader. Does the artist always determine the meaning of the artwork or does the audience have as much of a say on what a work means and how it is to be interpreted?
- Learning and teaching approaches
- Teaching takes place 3 hours a week for one semester. Lessons are organised in the form of classroom teaching with lectures, student presentations, discussions, conversations and exercises.
Assessment
- Assessment method
- Combined: oral exam based on an examination portfolio.
- Examination (internal/external)
- External
- Grading scale
- 7-scale
- Exam date/dates
- Admission of Portfolio 22nd May 2025 Oral exam 3rd June 2025
- Deadline for withdrawal from exam
- Thursday, February 13, 2025
Academic responsibility and teachers
- Academic responsibility
- Jens Dam Ziska
- Teachers
- Jens Dam Ziska