UCL - seminar on philosophical aesthetics

[FILO2950]

[30h] 5 credits

This course is taught in the 1st semester.

Teacher(s): Danielle Lories

Language: French

Level: Second

Aims
Main themes
Content and teaching methods
Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Aims

Upon completion of the seminar the student shall have demonstrated :

The ability to pursue a research topic in philosophical aesthetics based on a critical analysis of major works and other texts by authors that deal with the topic in question, as well as contributions presented within the framework of the seminar;

The ability to write a scientific paper on a precise research topic that is appropriate to the theme of the seminar ;

The ability to participate actively in collective research into philosophical aesthetics, especially through participation in discussion of contributions made within the framework of the seminar;

Main themes

The seminar will concentrate on a theme in the area of philosophical aesthetics determined by its organizers in relation to research projects they are participating in. It may also consist of collective, critical, and sustained close reading of an important text in aesthetics or in the philosophy of art.
The seminar requires active participation by students at each session.
Professors, UCL researchers who express interest, and specialists in the topic area not from the UCL may attend the seminar.

Content and teaching methods

The seminar will be a research seminar dealing with the latest phenomenological approaches to the questions raised by contemporary art. Critical presentations and discussion of several recent texts on this subject. One or two lectures by foreign specialists will be integrated into the seminar: the exact programme will be established along with seminar participants at the beginning of the academic year.

Other information (prerequisite, evaluation (assessment methods), course materials recommended readings, ...)

Prerequisites :

The student shall have completed course work for the 1st and 2nd cycles in introductory philosophical aesthetics and/or philosophy of art. He or she shall possess general knowledge of the principal problems, approaches, and concepts in these areas.

Evaluation :

Evaluation shall be based on a paper written by the student, and also based on his or her participation in the work of the seminar.