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Academic Year 2005/2006

Aesthetic Theory
PHIL 335 FA
Crosslistings:
COL 335

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 Links to Web Resources For This Course.

Last Updated on MAR-30-2006

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