27990 - Philosophical Aesthetics (1) (LM)

Learning outcomes

Comprehension of the main questions of aesthetic debate.

Course contents

Title of the course: Philosophy of Tragedy and aesthetic Theory

First module contents, 6 CFU (III. Period): The idea of the "tragic": from representation to conceptualization

Second module contents, 6 CFU (IV. Period): Tragedy and Politics

The course will explore the development of the concept of the "tragic" in modern philosophy, also focusing on the reflection on the model of attic tragedy.

First module beginning of lessons: Wednesday 4th February 2015.
Second module beginning of lessons: Wednesday 18th March 2015.

Timetable: Wednesday 9-11 a.m. (Classroom B, via Zamboni 34); Thursday 5-7 p.m. (Classroom C, via Zamboni 34); Friday 5-7 p.m. (Classroom C, via Zamboni 34).

Readings/Bibliography

First module:

C. Gentili-G. Garelli, Il tragico, Bologna, Il Mulino, 2010;
G.W.F. Hegel, Fenomenologia dello spirito, edited by G. Garelli, Einaudi, Torino 2008, pp. 460-489 (chapter VII. B: La religione artistica);
G. Garelli, Lo spirito in figura, Il Mulino, Bologna 2010 (chapter VII: pp. 177-220).
Students are expected to read the following tragedies (in any edition): Sophocles, Oedipus rex; Sophocles, Oedipus at Colonus; Euripides, Bacchae; W. Shakespeare, Macbeth.

Second module:

Chr. Meier, L'arte politica della tragedia greca, Einaudi, Torino 2000;
F. Nietzsche, Umano, troppo umano, Adelphi, Milano 1977 and ff., pp. 256-261 (= aph. 472: Religione e governo);
G.W. F. Hegel, Estetica, Einaudi, Torino 1972 and ff., pp. 510-526 (= part II, chapter I, par 2: La lotta fra gli dèi antichi e nuovi);
C. Schmitt, Amleto o Ecuba, Il Mulino, Bologna 1983 and ff.;
M.C. Nussbaum, La fragilità del bene, Il Mulino, Bologna 1996 and ff., pp. 133-188 (= part I, chapter III: L'"Antigone" di Sofocle: conflitto, visione e semplificazione);

Students are expected to read the following tragedies (in any edition): Aeschylus, The Eumenides; Sophocles, Antigone; Euripides, Bacchae; W. Shakespeare, Hamlet.

Teaching methods

The course consists of 30+30 hours of lessons.

Assessment methods

Oral examination. It's possible to produce and discuss short papers.

Teaching tools

A seminar will be dedicated to Hegel's Phenomenology of Spirit (First module) and to Hegel's Aesthetics (Second module).

Links to further information

http://www.unibo.it/docenti/carlo.gentili

Office hours

See the website of Carlo Gentili