2016/2017

2017/2018

DM270

M-FIL/04 (AESTHETICS)

DEPARTMENT OF HUMANITIES

PHILOSOPHY

PERCORSO COMUNE

2°

1st semester (25/09/2017 - 10/01/2018)

6

36 lesson hours

Italian

ORAL TEST

FELOJ SERENA (titolare) - 6 ECTS

Attending and non-attending students should have notions of the main themes and problems of occidental philosophy, they should be able to chronologically situate the main authors of the history of philosophy, to critically understand a philosophical text and to assume a position, at least in general, in a critical debate.

This course intends to introduce students to one of the richest aesthetic debate. At the end of the lessons, students should be able to interpret the debate on the end of art recognizing the many positions and their historical sources, bringing back the many critical positions to the theoretical orientations identifying the discipline.

The end of art: an aesthetic debate
The course is single-subject oriented and it will deal with one of the richest debate in aesthetics,i.e. the debate about the end of art. The debate will be analysed through its historical ground, that is Hegel’s lessons on aesthetics, and then studied in depth through its American declination, with special attention to Arthur Danto.

The course is articulated in 18 frontal lessons dealing with the critical analysis of some texts, relevant for the discipline and for the contemporary debate. A discussion of the theme analysed will be encouraged, also through a concrete analysis of some works of art.

Besides lessons records, books required are:
I. Kant, Critica della capacità di giudizio, tr. it. L. Amoroso, Bur, Milano 2012, Introduzione, §§ 46-50.
F. Schlegel, Dialogo sulla poesia, in Athenaeum, a cura di G. Cusatelli, Bompiani, Milano 2009, pp. 651-694.
G.W.F. Hegel, Lezioni di estetica, a cura di P. D’Angelo, Laterza, Roma-Bari 2007, pp. 76-79, 114-198, 262-302.
D. Formaggio, La “morte dell’arte” e l’Estetica, Aesthetica, Palermo 1983: Parte Prima, pp. 7-187.
A. Danto, La destituzione filosofica dell’arte, a cura di T. Andina, Aesthetica, Palermo 2008.

Oral examination: students have to demonstrate to known and to correctly expose the themes discussed during lessons. They should also be able to demonstrate an assimilation and a rephrasing of the studied information through logical comparisons and critical analysis. The exam also foresees a critical comment of a section belonging to one of the philosophical texts discussed during lessons.

Non-attending students are pleased to contact the professor