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Academic Year 2003/2004
Aesthetic Theory
PHIL 335 FA
This course will be an intensive consideration of some primary modern European texts that offer theories regarding the nature and origin of taste and aesthetic judgment as well as their social function.
MAJOR READINGS
Hume: "Of the Standard of Taste"
Burke: THE ORIGIN OF OUR IDEAS OF THE SUBLIME AND BEAUTIFUL
Kant: CRITIQUE OF JUDGMENT
Schiller: LETTERS ON THE AESTHETIC EDUCATION OF MAN
Hegel: INTRODUCTORY LECTURES ON
AESTHETICS
Nietzsche: BIRTH OF
TRAGEDY
Selections from Marcuse and Adorno
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Three (5-7 pp.) essays on course readings.
COURSE FORMAT:
Discussion
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level:
UGRD
Credit:
1
Gen Ed Area Dept:
HA PHIL
Grading Mode:
Student Option
Prerequisites:
NONE
SECTION 01
- Instructor(s): Huhn,Thomas A
- Times: .M..... 07:00PM-09:50PM; Location: BTFDC314
- Reserved Seats: (Total Limit: 12)
- SR. major: 4 Jr. major: 4
- SR. non-major: 2 Jr. non-major: 2 SO: 0 FR: 0
Special Attributes:
- Curricular Renewal: Speaking, Writing
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Last Updated on MAR-19-2004
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