This module provides an examination of Romantic philosophy of art in the light of the role played by early German Romanticism in recent philosophical and art-theoretical debates, with reference to more recent critical writing on Romanticism.
The aims of this module are to:
Upon successful completion of this module, students will be able to:
The module will:
This module will be taught by means of a mix of lectures and seminars, supplemented by individual tutorials and private study. Emphasis is placed on seminar-based discussion.
| Definitive UNISTATS Category | Indicative Description | Hours |
|---|---|---|
| Scheduled learning and teaching | Seminars/lectures, 11 x 2.5 | 28 |
| Scheduled learning and teaching | Group and individual tutorials (one scheduled hour plus office hours) | 2 |
| Guided independent study | Directed and Independent Learning | 270 |
| Total (number of credits x 10) | 300 | |
The assessment strategy is designed to test a student's ability to meet the module's learning outcomes. Summative assessment involves two pieces of written work:
The skills required to prepare these assessed elements will be developed in a variety of formative activities throughout the module, notably through class discussion, feedback on in-class presentations, and individual tutorials. Preparation of the final essay normally includes a scheduled tutorial with the module tutor.
| Learning Outcome | Assessment Strategy |
|---|---|
| Understand several distinctive and fundamental features of the Romantic conception of art and its ontological implications. | Assessed formatively through class discussion, presentations and tutorials, and summatively through the two pieces of individual written work. |
| Demonstrate a critical awareness of major issues in the history of the reception of Romanticism | Assessed formatively through class discussion, presentations and tutorials, and summatively through the two pieces of individual written work. |
| Undertake the work of close textual analysis of demanding philosophical texts. | Assessed formatively through class discussion, presentations and tutorials, and summatively through the two pieces of individual written work. |
| Comprehend, reconstruct and interpret philosophical arguments, and situate these arguments in the context of the history of philosophy. | Assessed formatively through class discussion, presentations and tutorials, and summatively through the two pieces of individual written work. |
| Description of Assessment | Definitive UNISTATS Categories | Percentage |
|---|---|---|
| A 1,500 - word exercise | Coursework | 20 |
| 3,000 word essay | Coursework | 80 |
| Total (to equal 100%) | 100% | |
It IS NOT a requirement that any major assessment category is passed separately in order to achieve an overall pass for the module.
J.W. Goethe, Theory of Colours, Cambridge MA and London: MIT Press, 1970.
Friedrich Schiller, On the Aesthetic Education of Man, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1967; 1982.
T. Schulte-Sasse et al (eds), Theory as Practice: A Critical Anthology of Early German Romantic Writings, Minneapolis and London: University of Minnesota Press, 1997.
G.W.F. Hegel, Aesthetics: Lectures on Fine Art, Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1975.
Walter Benjamin. The Concept of Criticism in German Romanticism. In Walter Benjamin: Selected Writings, Volume 1: 1913-1926
Alain Badiou, Handbook of Inaesthetics, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 2005.
Gilles Deleuze, Francis Bacon. The Logic of Sensation, London - New York : Continuum, 2004
J.-F. Lyotard, Lessons on the Analytic of the Sublime, Stanford: Stanford University Press, 1994.
J.-F. Lyotard, The Inhuman : Reflections on Time, Cambridge: Polity Press, 1991
Jacques Rancière, The Politics of Aesthetics: The Distribution of the Sensible, Continuum, 2004
J. Rancière, 'Painting in the Text', in The Future of the Image, London : Verso, 2007