COURSE UNIT TITLE

: AESTHETICS AND ART THEORIES I

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
FEL 5033 AESTHETICS AND ART THEORIES I ELECTIVE 3 0 0 10

Offered By

Philosophy

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR METIN BAL

Offered to

Philosophy

Course Objective

To understand the development of fundamental concepts of aesthetics throughout the
history of philosophy and to discuss different meanings applied to aesthetics in the
boks of great philosophers.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   The participants gain the knowledge of the basic concepts of aesthetics,
2   A special ability to evaluate the solutions developed by philosophers related to
3   The participants could make comparisons between new and old theories of aesthetics and philosophy of art,
4   The participants could ground these ideas on a solid basis.
5   The participants equip themselves with an intellectual capital that renders them

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 The Concept of Aesthetics and Art
2 Plato, Representation and Appearance
3 Plato and Mimesis
4 Aristotle, Poiesis and Tragedy
5 Aristotle's Poietics
6 Aristotle's Poietics
7 The Concept of Beauty for Plotinus, Art in Medieval Philosophy.
8 Midterm exam
9 Burke and Judgement of Taste
10 Burke: Concepts of Sublime and Beauty
11 Kant, Critique of Power of Judgement
12 Kant, Critique of Power of Judgement
13 Kant, Critique of Power of Judgement
14 Kant, Critique of Power of Judgement

Recomended or Required Reading

Osborne, Harold (1970) Aesthetics adn Art Theory, An Historical Introduction, E.P. Dutton, New York.
Hegel, Georg Wilhelm F. (1994) Estetik, Güzel Sanat Üzerine Dersler, Cilt I, çev. T.A.
& Hakkı Hünler, Istanbul: Payel Yayınevi.
Lifshitz, Mikhali (1968) Marx'ın Sanat Felsefesi, Çev. Murat Belge, Istanbul: Ararat
Yayınevi.
Lukács, Georg (1987) Avrupa Gerçekçiliği, Balzac-Stendhal-Zola-Tolstoy-Gorki ve
Diğerleri, çev. Mehmet H. Doğan, Istanbul: Payel Yayınevi.
Oskay, Ünsal (1985) Estetik ve Politika, Ernst Bloch, Georg Lukasc, Bertolt Brecht,
Walter Benjamin, Theodor Adorno, Fredric Jameson, der. Ünsal Oskay, Istanbul: Eleştiri
Yayınları.
Brecht, Bertolt. (2005). Tiyatro Için Küçük Organon, çev. Ahmet Cemal, Istanbul: Mitos-
Boyut Yayınları.
Benjamin, Walter (2007) Estetize Edilmiş Yaşam, Sanat'tan Savaş ve Siyasete Alman
Faşizminin Kuramları,Derleyen ve Sunan: Ünsal Oskay, Istanbul: Derin Yayınları.
Sartre, Jean-Paul (2006) Imgelem, çev. Alp Tümertekin, Istanbul: Ithaki Yayınları.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

The activities are shown in deail in the section of "Evaluation Methods" and "Workload
Computation"

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 MTE MIDTERM EXAM
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE MTE * 0.40 + FCG* 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) MTE * 0.40 + RST* 0.60


*** Resit Exam is Not Administered in Institutions Where Resit is not Applicable.

Further Notes About Assessment Methods

None

Assessment Criteria

Learning outcome 1 and 3 will be evaluated according to mid term exam and the
presentation that the student will prepare.
Learning outcome 4 and 5 will be evaluated according to final exam and the homework
that the student will prepare.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

1. The presentations are made at the appointed time. The papers are submitted at a set
time.
2. Attendance to the lectures is required.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

Doç. Dr. Metin Bal, Dokuz Eylul Universitesi, Tinaztepe Kampusu, Ogretim Uyeleri Binasi, kat: 3, Felsefe Bolumu, oda no: 328, PK: 35260, Buca, Izmir, TURKEY.
Tel: ++90 (232) 412 89 03, extention: 19411, Fax: ++90 (232) 453 90 93,
Tel: ++90 (232) 301 94 11
metin.bal@deu.edu.tr, balmetin@gmail.com
http://www.metinbal.net

Office Hours

Tuesday: 8:30-9:15, Thursday: 8:30-9:15.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Lectures 8 3 24
Preparations before/after weekly lectures 13 10 130
Preparation for midterm exam 1 10 10
Preparation for final exam 1 20 20
Preparing assignments 1 25 25
Preparing presentations 1 35 35
Final 1 3 3
Midterm 1 3 3
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 250

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

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