Information Package / Course Catalogue - Adnan Menderes University

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Person Responsible for Information Package

Prof. Gökçe ŞİMŞEK

Prof. Hacer Sibel ÖZDEMİR

Prof. Mustafa Kemal ŞAHİN

Assoc. Prof. Osman ÜLKÜ

Res. Assist. Mükerrem KÜRÜM

Res. Assist. Nurdan ERDAN

Art and Aesthetics

Course Code	: FEL382
Course Type	: Area Elective
Couse Group	: First Cycle (Bachelor's Degree)
Education Language	: Turkish
Work Placement	: N/A

Theory	: 2
Prt.	: 0
Credit	: 2
Lab	: 0
ECTS	: 3

Objectives of the Course

The aim of this course is to introduce problems of art and aesthetics by means of examining and comparing the theories of art and aesthetics,, and to exhibit different concepts of art of some main philosophers from past to today.

Course Content

Demarcating conceptual boundaries of art and aesthetics, we will compare different conceptions and theories of art and examine the relations between contemporary theories of art and aesthetics exhibing contemporary discussions of art and aesthetics.

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

1.	Learn and present conceptions and theories of art and aesthetics
2.	Look at problems of art or aesthetcs from philosophical point of view
3.	Participate the discussions on art and aestetics and express their views
4.	To gain the ability to look at art with philosophy and to be able to deal with the contrasts of theories in the field of art.
5.	To be able to participate in discussions related to art problems.

Recommended or Required Reading

1.	ARISTOTELES (1998) Nikomakhos’a Etik, çev. Saffet Babür, 2. Baskı, Ayraç Yayınları: Ankara.
2.	ARISTOTELES (1999), Poetika, çev. İsmail Tunalı, 8. Baskı, Remzi Kitabevi: İstanbul.
3.	Carroll, N. (2012). SANAT FELESEFESİ Çağdaş Bir Giriş. (G. Korkmaz Tirkeş, Çev.). Ankara: Ütopya Yayınevi.
4.	Cömert, B. (2008). Estetik. (S. Karacabey’in sunuşuyla). Ankara: De Ki Basım Yayım Ltd. Şti.
5.	Eflatun. (1975). Büyük Hippias, Büyük Klasikler II içinde (ss. 417-458). (O. Özay, Çev.). İstanbul: Hürriyet Yayınları
6.	Erzen, J. N. (2012). Çoğul Estetik. İstanbul: Metis Yayınları.
7.	Kant, I. ( 2006) Yargı Yetisinin Eleştirisi. (Aziz Yardımlı, Çev.) İstanbul: İdea Yayınevi.
8.	Kuçuradi, İ. (2009). Sanata Felsefeyle Bakmak. Ankara: Türkiye Felsefe Kurumu Yayınları.
9.	Kart, B. (2014). “Kant’ta A Priori İki İlke: Ortak Duyu ve Ahlak Yasası”. Felsefi Düşün, Kant Özel Sayısı içinde (ss. 55-64).
10.	Platon. (1998). Şölen. (A. Erhat, S. Eyüboğlu, Çev. ) Remzi Kitabevi: İstanbul
11.	Platon. (1999). Devlet, çev. Sebahattin Eyüboğlu-M. Ali Cimcoz, 1. Baskı, Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları: İstanbul.
12.	Platon. (2001). Timaios, (E., L. Ay, Çev.). İstanbul: Sosyal Yayınlar.
13.	Platon. (2007). Phaidon, Toplu Diyaloglar 1 içinde (ss. 62-141). (S. K. Yetkin, H. R. Atademir, Çev.), (S. Hilav, Önsöz). İzmir: Eos Yayınevi.
14.	Platon. (2014). PHAIDROS ya da Güzellik Üzerine. (B. Akar, Çev.). Ankara: BilgeSu Yayıncılık.
15.	SÜMER, Necdet (1994), “Aristoteles’te Sanatsal Etkinliğin Doğası: Mimesis”, Humana, Bozkurt Güvenç’e Armağan Kitabı içinde, Kültür Bakanlığı Yayınları: Ankara.
16.	Moran, B. (1991). Edebiyat Kuramları ve Eleştiri. İstanbul: Cem Yayınevi.
17.	Timuçin, A. (2013). Estetik. İstanbul: Bulut Yayınları.
18.	Tunalı, İ. (2008). GREK ESTETİK’i Güzellik Felsefesi Sanat Felsefesi. İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.
19.	Tunalı, İ. (2012). Estetik, İstanbul: Remzi Kitabevi.

Weekly Detailed Course Contents

Week 1 - Theoretical

Examining the subject matter of philosophy of art the following questions will be tackled: “What is Art?” “Who is the artist?” “What are the fundemental concepts of Art?”, Which questions are the fundemental questions of art?”

Week 2 - Theoretical

Examining the properties of an investigation into the meaning of aesthetics; scrutinizing the whatness of the aesthetics. Searching the answer of some questions: What is the Aesthetics? What is the aesthetical subject or aesthetical object? What kind of relationship is there between the Philosophy of Art and Aesthetics?

Week 3 - Theoretical

Discussion on the differences between the Philosophy of Art which investigates the whatness of art and Aesthetics which investigates of the concept of “beauty”. The relation between philosophy of art and aesthetics and their relations with other disciplines as science and history of art will be tackled.

Week 4 - Theoretical

Explaining and evaluating Plato’s account of art and its relations with the concept of “beauty”.

Week 5 - Theoretical

Explaining and evaluating the concepts of “mimesis” and “katharsis” in Plato.

Week 6 - Theoretical

Introducing and criticising the conception of art in Aristotle.

Week 7 - Theoretical

Introducing and evaluating the concepts of “mimesis” and “katharsis” in Aristotle.

Week 8 - Theoretical

Evaluating the meaning of art by means of conceptions of art of Plato and Aristotle and comparing these with other conceptions of art.

Week 9 - Theoretical

Explaining the concepts of imitation (mimesis), creation, game.

Week 10 - Theoretical

Comparing the concepts of art and techne.

Week 11 - Theoretical

Evaluating the relation of art with ethics, politics, moral, ideology, mythology. Examining the debates concerning art’s possibility without these concepts.

Week 12 - Theoretical

Introducing theories of art and aesthetics.

Week 13 - Theoretical

Introducing theories of art and aesthetics.

Week 14 - Theoretical

Discussion and re-evalution of the course content.

Assessment Methods and Criteria

Type of Assessment	Count	Percent
Studio Work	1	%5
Verbal Examination	1	%5
Midterm Examination	1	%30
Final Examination	1	%60

Workload Calculation

Activities	Count	Preparation	Time	Total Work Load (hours)
Lecture - Theory	14	0	3	42
Individual Work	12	0	2	24
Midterm Examination	1	5	1	6
Final Examination	1	5	1	6
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours)				78

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

	PÇ-1	PÇ-2	PÇ-3	PÇ-4	PÇ-5	PÇ-6	PÇ-7	PÇ-8	PÇ-9	PÇ-10	PÇ-11	PÇ-12
OÇ-1	3						5		5			4
OÇ-2	3						5		5			4
OÇ-3	3						5		5			4
OÇ-4	4	3					5	4	5			4
OÇ-5	4						5		5			4