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Course: Theory of Art Criticism II

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Course title Theory of Art Criticism II
Course code UUK/7TUK2
Organizational form of instruction Lecture + Seminar
Level of course Bachelor
Year of study 2
Semester Summer
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)
  • Kaplický Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1. How can art criticism organize its facts? 2. Relationship between art criticism and philosophy. 3. Hypothetical character of artistic criticism and philosophy. 4. Mechanism, formism, organicism and contextualism as four different world hypotheses. 5. Mechanism as a philosophical hypothesis. 6. Mechanism as a method of artistic criticism. 7. Formism as a philosophical hypothesis. 8. Formism as a method of artistic criticism. 9. Organicism as a philosophical hypothesis. 10. Organicism as a method of artistic criticism. 11. Contextualism as a philosophical hypothesis. 12. Contextualism as a method of artistic criticism. 13. Comparison of individual critical methods. 14. Importance of art criticism.

Learning activities and teaching methods
Monologic (reading, lecture, briefing), Dialogic (discussion, interview, brainstorming)
Learning outcomes
Course "Theory of Art Criticism II." follows the analysis of art criticism developed in the previous semester in the course "Theory of Art Criticism I.". The aim of the course is to present ways in which art criticism can argue its claims. A related task will be to explore the relationship of art criticism and philosophy.
Students comprehensively understand the issue of artistic criticism.
Prerequisites
Mastering the course Theory of Art Criticism I.

Assessment methods and criteria
Oral examination, Student performance assessment

Regular attendance at seminars. The reading and interpreting the short novel "The Figure in the Carpet".
Recommended literature
  • BARTHES, Roland. Kritika a pravda. Praha: Dauphin, 1997..
  • FISH, Stanley Eugene. Is there a text in this class?: the authority of interpretive communities. Cambridge: Harvard Univ. Pr., 1980..
  • FISH, Stanley. Jak je to tu s textem? Aluze 6 (3), 2002, s. 68 - 76..
  • FRYE, Northrop. Anatomie kritiky: čtyři eseje. Brno: Host, 2003..
  • HIRSCH, Eric Donald. Objektivní interpretace. Aluze 6 (3), 2002, s. 150 - 165..
  • HIRSCH, Eric Donald. Validity in Interpretation. New York: Yale University Press, 1967..
  • MARGOLIS, Joseph (ed.). Philosophy Looks At The Arts. Philadelphia: Temple University Press, 1987..
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Cestami poetiky a estetiky. Praha: Československý spisovatel, 1971..
  • MUKAŘOVSKÝ, Jan. Studie I. a II. Brno: Host, 2007..
  • ONUFER, Petr (ed.). Před potopou: kapitoly z americké literární kritiky 1930-1970. Praha: Revolver Revue, 2010..
  • PEPPER, Stephen C. The Basis Of Criticism In The Arts. Cambridge: Harvard University Press, 1945..
  • PEPPER, Stephen C. World hypotheses: a Study in Evidence. Berkeley: University of California Press, 1942..
  • SPARSHOTT, Francis Edward. The Concept of Criticism: An Essay. Oxford: The Clarendon Press, 1967..
  • WALTON, Kendall L. Kategorie umění. In: Zuska, Vlastimil (ed.): Umění, krása, šeredno: Texty z estetiky 20. století, Praha: Nakladatelství Karolinum, 2003, s. 49 - 76..


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UNIVERSITY OF SOUTH BOHEMIA IN ČESKÉ BUDĚJOVICE, date of update: 14.06.2025 23:50. Data created for academic year 2025/2026