- Docente: Carlo Gentili
- Credits: 6
- SSD: M-FIL/04
- Language: Italian
- Teaching Mode: Traditional lectures
- Campus: Bologna
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Corso:
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in
Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 0973)
Also valid for Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Music Disciplines (cod. 0967)
Second cycle degree programme (LM) in Italian Studies, European Literary Cultures, Linguistics (cod. 0973)
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: Philosophy of
Tragedy and aesthetic Theory
n.b.: This part of the course counts as module of the general
course in Estetica filosofica.
Module contents: The idea of 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 Scienze filosofiche are expected to complete this module with the course of Estetica contemporanea (6 cfu).
Beginning of lessons: monday 1st October 2012.
Timetable: monday, tuesday, wednesday 9-11.
Classroom: C, via Zamboni 34 (Facoltà di Lettere e
Filosofia).
Readings/Bibliography
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)
Students are expected to read the following tragedies (in any
edition):
Sofocle, Edipo re
Sofocle, Edipo a Colono
Euripide, Baccanti
W. Shakespeare, Macbeth
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
A seminar will be dedicated to Hegel's Phenomenology of
Spirit.
Links to further information
http://www.unibo.it/docenti/carlo.gentili; www.filosofia.unibo.it
Office hours
See the website of Carlo Gentili