Course title
文学・芸術学   [Art and Literature]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 3  Semester Fall 
Course type Fall  Course code 01SS0208
Instructor(s)
高橋 在也   [TAKAHASHI Zaiya]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture Office   Email address

Course description
This course ‘Art and Literature’ belongs largely to philosophy and specially to the academic realm which is called ‘aesthetics’. Aesthetics means historically knowledge of ‘sensibility’, the capacity by which we catch someone or something and by which we are affected when we come across such others (such as specific person, social event or pattern of weather). And how this sensibility is important for us is what we examine in this class. Whatever job we take, it is essential for us to have a opinion that does not betray our own way of life and is not mere mixture of readymade (so-called) public opinion; therefore we need to pay more attention to faculty of sensitivity (I will speak why in class). Concretely taking up past literature and art movements, I want to explore some hints for having our own opinions based by sensibility with you!
Expected Learning
I expect you to learn the followings:
To tell how sensibility works and what it means on the basis of historical or modern cases and your own experience
To deepen your understandings about historical art and literature movements
To get some hints for you to become creator of broadly-meant art and literature (not only as professional artist but also creator in daily life)
Course schedule
Week 1-2 (10/4, 10/18)
Intuition, Thinking and Sensibility: Why Sensibility is Important
 Reference book: Immanuel Kant, Critique of Pure Reason
         Masakazu Nakai, Introduction for Aesthetics

Week 3-4 (10/25, 11/1)
Difference and Connection between Literature and Art: Consideration from ‘Expression’ of Ancient Mankind
 Reference: Old Testament, Genesis
      Raymond Williams, Keywords: A Vocabulary of Culture and Society

Week 5-6 (11/8, 11/15)
Words: 1910, Liberation of Sense for ‘Blue Stockings(SEITOH)’ Women after Treason Incident

Week 7-10 (11/22, 11/29, 12/6, 12/13)
Sound: Music as a Vessel for Sorrow: History of Christian Church Music and Passion
 Reference CD: J. S. Bach Matthaus-Passion, Arvo Part Johannes-Passion

Week 11-13 (12/20, 1/10, 1/17)
Picture: Meaning of Friendship for ‘Painter of Darkness’, Georges Rouault and Andre Suares

Week 14 (1/24)
Mind: Chain of Self-destruction and Its Salvation (not typically religious)
 Reference: Simone Weil, Gravity and Grace ; Spinoza, Ethics

Week 15 (1/31)
Conclusion: Faculty and Meaning of Sensibility
Prerequisites
Not Needed
Required Text(s) and Materials
Please use the handout. No need to purchase specific textbook.
References
Reference books are those we use in class time. Please use them in class time as much as after class time to think about our theme.
Assessment/Grading
You are required to write comment paper in every class time. Sometimes I ask you some homework.
Every comment paper and occasional homework: 50%
Conclusion Paper (required to write at the end of term): 50%
Evaluation will be made as above.
Message from instructor(s)
Contents may be changed as a response to your comment papers.
Course keywords
words, art, sensibility, loneliness, relationship
Office hours
Remarks 1
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
Last update
9/27/2017 5:57:59 PM