Universitat Internacional de Catalunya - BarcelonaAesthetics II
Main language of instruction: Catalan
Other languages of instruction: Spanish
The Aesthetics II course is presented as an in-depth course on the incidence and implications of the aesthetic dimension in the humanistic and cultural context and in areas outside of these, such as politics, religion or economics.
The course will cover a theoretical and practical itinerary that, starting from an initial approach to the controversial modern notion of aesthetics, will go into the analysis of contemporary artistic languages, establishing their relationships with mass culture, ethics, visual culture or cinema.
Although it is not an indispensable requirement, it is recommended to have taken the Aesthetics I course to acquire the basic knowledge that allows a more in-depth study of the specialised topics suggested in this course.
Essentially, the course aims for the student to acquire a set of skills and knowledge that will allow them to make an accurate and well-founded diagnosis about the indispensable role that aesthetics plays in the cultural, social and political environment of our time, as well as interpreting with solid and precise arguments the function and significance that contemporary art fulfils in our societies.
The intention, therefore, is not only to provide the student with critical abilities to analyse new languages but also to help them understand the aesthetic and historical foundations of creative work within the industrial culture. The use of concepts and tools developed by the aesthetic tradition will allow the student a more detailed and rich knowledge of the humanistic discourse and will help them to understand the existing relationship between current and traditional exchanges of information, that is, to see the continuity and the ruptures that new languages and new technologies represent in the symbolic, iconic and cognitive production.
1. Applies acquired language skills to oral and written expression
2. Acquires key concepts in the field of aesthetics that influence humanistic and cultural discourse.
3. Know and select specific documentation of the modern and contemporary aesthetic field.
4. Applies theoretical knowledge in analysis and debates activities and in autonomous work
5. Practice individual and group work strategies
6. Learn to contextualize social and political phenomena
7. Relate concepts of the different subjects worked
8. Learn to diagnose problems in the intellectual, social and political spheres
9. Read and analyze essays on current topics
10. Applies / transfers theoretical and / or abstract concepts of aesthetics to real situations
Topic 1: Towards a definition of aesthetics in the contemporary world.
Topic 2: Aesthetics and mass art
Topic 3: Aesthetics and politics
Topic 4: Ethics and aesthetics in the contemporary context
Topic 5: Art and cinema
The teaching-learning methodology combines master classes, discussions, presentations by the students, research of information and writing individual essays.
The evaluation system will consist fundamentally of a written exam based on the theoretical-practical topics worked throughout the course and on the oral presentation and defence of an individual project that will have been previously assigned by the professor. This work is mandatory and indispensable to be able to pass the course. The percentage corresponding to each of the elements to be evaluated will be the following:
Final written exam 70%
Individual and oral project 30%
Class attendance and active participation will also be valued. To pass the course the student must attend at least 80% of the classes.
In the final exam and individual project the orthographic rules of the faculty will be applied, by which each spelling mistake involves the loss of 0.2 points.
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