- Docente: Carlo Gentili
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-FIL/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: In-person learning (entirely or partially)
- Campus: Bologna
- Corso: Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Philosophical Sciences (cod. 0975)
Learning outcomes
Comprehension of the main questions of aesthetic debate.
Course contents
Title of the course: The Tragedy of Truth
in Beauty
n.b.: The first part of the course counts as second module of the
general course in Philosophical Aesthetics.
Module contents: The tragic: from
representation to conceptualization
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.
Students of Philosophical Sciences are expected to complete this module with the course of Contemporary Aesthetics (6 cfu)
Beginning of lessons: wednesday 16th November 2011.
Timetable: monday, tuesday, wednesday 9-11
Classroom: C, via Zamboni 34
Readings/Bibliography
C. Gentili-G. Garelli, Il tragico, Bologna, Il Mulino,
2010
C. Schmitt, Amleto o Ecuba, Bologna, Il Mulino, 1983
Students are expected to read the following tragedies (in any
edition):
Sofocle, Edipo re
Sofocle, Edipo a Colono
Euripide, Baccanti
W. Shakespeare, Hamlet
Teaching methods
The course consists of 30 hours of lesson.
Assessment methods
Oral examination. It's possible to produce and discuss short papers.
Teaching tools
Seminars will be dedicated to specific topics.
Links to further information
http://www.unibo.it/docenti/carlo.gentili; www.filosofia.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Carlo Gentili