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Course: An Outline of the History of Aesthetics I

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Course title An Outline of the History of Aesthetics I
Course code UUK/7NDE1
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 1
Semester Winter
Number of ECTS credits 5
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Staněk Jan, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. The Presocratics 2. Socrates and the Sophists 3.-5. Plato 6.-7. Aristotle 8. Hellenistic aesthetics 9. Cicero 10. Neoplatonism 11. Augustine 12. Aquinas 13. Dante

Learning activities and teaching methods
Group work
Learning outcomes
The course will introduce students into the history of aesthetics from the Presocratisc to Thomas Aquinas.
Introduction into the history of aesthetics from the Presocratisc to Thomas Aquinas.
Prerequisites
Elementary knowledge of the history of Western literature and philosophy.

Assessment methods and criteria
Test

Regular attendance to the seminars, mandatory reading.
Recommended literature
  • ARISTOTELÉS. Poetika. Praha: Svoboda, 1996..
  • AUERBACH, Erich. Mimesis. Praha: Mladá Fronta 1998..
  • AUGUSTINUS. O pořádku. In: SVOBODA, Karel: Estetika svatého Augustina a její zdroje. Praha: Karolinum, 2000..
  • CICERO, Marcus T. O řečníku. Praha: Hendrich, 1940..
  • CURTIUS, Ernst Robert. Evropská literatura a latinský středověk. Praha: Triáda, 1998..
  • DANTE. O rodném jazyce. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2004..
  • ECO, Umberto. Umění a krása ve středověké estetice. Praha: Argo, 1998..
  • GILBERTOVÁ, Katharine - KUHN, Helmut. Dějiny estetiky. Praha: SNKLU, 1965..
  • HORATIUS, Quintus F. O umění básnickém. Praha: Academia 2002..
  • HUGO ze Svatého Viktora. O třech dnech. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 1997..
  • PLATÓN. Spisy I-V. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2003..
  • PLÓTÍNOS. Dvě pojednání o kráse. Praha: Rezek, 1995..
  • PSEUDO-DIONYSIUS Areopagita. Listy, O mystické theologii. Praha: OIKOYMENH, 2006..
  • PSEUDO-LONGINOS. O vznešenu. Praha: Společnost přátel antické kultury, 1931..
  • SVOBODA, Karel (ed.). Zlomky předsókratovských myslitelů. Praha: NČSAV, 1962..
  • XENOFÓN. Vzpomínky na Sókrata. Praha: Svoboda, 1972..


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 14.06.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026