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HU Credits:
2
Degree/Cycle:
1st degree (Bachelor)
Responsible Department:
School of Literatures
Semester:
2nd 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.
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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