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PHIL258
Philosophy of the Arts: Theories of Painting and Mourning
PHIL258 SP
Crosslistings: COL 269
Not Currently Offered
The course will explore a range of 20th-century Western
painting. We will read and discuss a handful of very recent
essays that theorize contemporary painting according to the
two related concepts of the psychoanalytic explanation of
mourning and the literary figure of allegory. The challenge
will be to judge to what extent the theories expand or even
explain our visual experience of the paintings.
MAJOR READINGS
Will include selections from some of the
following: Freud, Walter Benjamin, Gyorgy Lukacs, Clement
Greenberg, Douglas Crimp, Yve-Alain Bois, Craig Owens, Hal
Foster, Benjamin Buchlon, Arthur Danto, Jean Genet.
EXAMINATIONS AND ASSIGNMENTS
Several short papers and
several longer ones.
ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS and/or COMMENTS
Unless
preregistered students attend the first class meeting or
communicate directly with the instructor prior to the first
class, they will be dropped from the class list. NOTE:
Students must still submit a completed Drop/Add form to the
Registrar's Office.
COURSE FORMAT: Discussion Lecture
REGISTRATION INFORMATION
Level: UG Credit: 1.00
Prerequisites:
None
Last Updated on MAR-22-1999
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