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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
school of ancient & modern literatures
Semester:
1st Semester
Teaching Languages:
Hebrew
Campus:
Mt. Scopus
Course/Module Coordinator:
Yael Levin
Coordinator Office Hours:
By Appointment
Teaching Staff:
Dr. Yael Levin
Course/Module description:
We will discuss theories of aesthetics, criticism and hermeneutics from Antiquity to the 19th century-
Course/Module aims:
The course will familiarize students with different paradigms of art, appreciation and criticism.
Learning outcomes - On successful completion of this module, students should be able to:
Students will come to know the historical evolution of Western perceptions of art and aesthetics; learn the differences between the Plato and Aristotle, the two founding fathers of Western philosophy; learn of the radical shifts heralded in the Renaissance and Romanticism.
Attendance requirements(%):
100%
Teaching arrangement and method of instruction:
Lecture
Course/Module Content:
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Antiquity
Plato
Lesson 3: Antiquity
Aristotle
Lesson 4: Roman Empire
Lesson 5: From Classicism to Christianity
Lesson 6: Christianity
Lesson 7: Early Modernity
Lesson 8: Neo-Classical
Lesson 9: Enlightenment
Lesson 10: German Romanticism
Lesson 11: Anglo-American Romanticism
Lesson 12: Nietzsche
Required Reading:
Lesson 1: Introduction
Lesson 2: Antiquity
Plato, The Republic, Book VII, 514-: The Parable of the Cave, and Excerpts from Book X
Lesson 3: Antiquity
Aristotle, The Poetics
Lesson 4: Roman Empire
Horace From “The Art of Poetry”
Longinus From “On the Sublime”
Lesson 5: From Classicism to Christianity
Plotinus From “On Intellectual Beauty”
St. Augustine, From The Confessions
Lesson 6: Christianity
Thomas Aquinas From Summa Theologica, “The Nature and Domain of Sacred Doctrine”
Dante From “Letter to Can Grande Della Scala”
Lesson 7: Early Modernity
Boccaccio, From Genealogy of the Gentile Gods
Sidney, From “A Defense of Poetry”
Lesson 8: Neo-Classical
Corneille, From Three Discourses on Dramatic Poetry
Johnson, From “Preface to Shakespeare”
Lesson 9: Enlightenment
Addison, From “On the Pleasures of the Imagination”
Vico, From The New Science
Lesson 10: German Romanticism
Kant, From “A Critique of Judgment”
Lessing, From “Laocoön”
Lesson 11: Anglo-American Romanticism
Wordsworth, From the preface to Lyrical Ballads
Coleridge, From Biographia Literaria
Poe, From “The Poetic Principle”
Lesson 12: Nietzsche
From The Birth of Tragedy
Additional Reading Material:
The materials will be available to students on the course Moodle site.
Secondary sources:
Rafey Habib, Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present.
This is available both online through the university library website and on the fourth floor and in the reserved section in the library.
PN 86 H23 2008
Relevant topics in the online Stanford Encyclopaedia of Philosophy:
http://plato.stanford.edu
Course/Module evaluation:
End of year written/oral examination 100 %
Presentation 0 %
Participation in Tutorials 0 %
Project work 0 %
Assignments 0 %
Reports 0 %
Research project 0 %
Quizzes 0 %
Other 0 %
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