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At the end of this module, students will have:
• A broad understanding of philosophical approaches to art in the continental tradition
• Developed their own capacity to interpret artworks as cultural objects produced at specific socio-historical moments
• Interrogated the relationship between art and political power.
Introduction:
Karl Marx – art and the human condition
Division I: Classic Aesthetic Readings
Freedom and progress – Immanuel Kant, Wilhelm Gottfried Hegel, Germaine de Staël
Division II: Phenomenology and the Experience of Art
Revelation and responsibility – Simone de Beauvoir, Martin Heidegger, Maurice Merleau-Ponty
Division III: Critical Theory
Technology and reproduction – Theodore Adorno, Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin
Division IV: Politics and Art
Is all art political? – Alain Badiou, Chantal Mouffe, Jacques Rancière
Student Effort Type | Hours |
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Lectures | 20 |
Tutorial | 7 |
Autonomous Student Learning | 98 |
Total | 125 |
Description | Timing | Component Scale | % of Final Grade | ||
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Assignment: TBC: online open book exam OR end of trimester project | Coursework (End of Trimester) | n/a | Graded | No | 70 |
Essay: One 2,000 word essay | Week 4 | n/a | Graded | No | 30 |
Resit In | Terminal Exam |
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Spring | No |
• Feedback individually to students, post-assessment
• Group/class feedback, post-assessment
Feedback on essays will be provided by the module co-ordinator within three weeks of submission. A dedicated drop-in session for further face to face feedback will also be available. If students choose to be assessed by a project (rather than an exam), feedback will be provided on the abstract/plan for the the project.
Name | Role |
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Paraskevi Anastasia Filea | Tutor |