Course title
文学・芸術学   [Art and Literature]
Course category general education courses  Requirement   Credit 2 
Department   Year 34  Semester 1st 
Course type 1st  Course code 020151
Instructor(s)
中村 美智太郎   [NAKAMURA Michitarou]
Facility affiliation Graduate School of Agriculture Office afjgxte/L1151  Email address

Course description
This course provides students with the literary, aesthetical and philosophical foundation for thinking of some subjects of literatures and arts. Students will learn to recognize traditional ones through some artworks including music works, fine arts and movies. Students entering this course will be able to experience various cultures. It is offered as a course in humanities and social science in the general education curriculum.
Expected Learning
Learners who successfully complete this course will be able to:
(1) Understand diversity of Literature / Art / Kunstwissenschaft / Aesthetics, accept it, and improve own cultural level
(2) Describe own thoughts of Literature / Art / Kunstwissenschaft / Aesthetics logically, using examples or theories
Course schedule
Week 1 Introduction to this course
    On Characters of this course: Literature, Science of art (Kunstwissenschaft) and Aesthetics
Week 2 How can the "beautiful" be?
    On the conditions of modern Art
Week 3 State needs Art? (1)
    On Plato's Philosopher king and Art Read: Chapter 1-1.
Week 4 State needs Art? (2)
    On Schiller's Aesthetic education and Art Read: Chapter 4-1.

Week 5 Pleasure and Happiness (1)
    On Aristotle's theory of Eudaemonia Read: Chapter 1-2.
Week 6 Pleasure and Happiness (2)
    On Kant's theory of Freedom Read: Chapter 4-1.
Week 7 Summary
Week 8 Explanation for examination(1)
Week 9 "Oedipus the King" (1)
    On Freud's Psychoanalysis Read: Chapter 4-2.

Week 10 "Oedipus the King" (2)
    On Sphinx and music Read: Chapter 3-2.
Week 11 Music of Castrato
    On the relationship gender / sex and fine arts Read: Chapter 3-1.
Week 12 " Metamorphoses"
    On Pygmalion mythology and Simulacre Read: Chapter 2-3.

Week 13 What is the difference between the natural and the artificial?
    On "the ghost in the machine" Read: Chapter 1-3.
Week 14 What is Art for human beings?
    Art, Machine and Human beings
Week 15 Conclusion
Examination (2)
Prerequisites
Students entering this class are assumed to take a positive attitude toward literatures and Aesthetics. In addition to 30 hours that students spend in the class, they are recommended to prepare for and revise the classes, spending the standard amount of time as specified by the University.
Required Text(s) and Materials
"Kotoba to Bunka no Kyouen" Ed. Kazuyoshi TANAKA and Michitaro NAKAMURA. Kazama-shobo. 2014.
ISBN-10: 4759920390
References
"Seiyou Tetsugaku no Kiseki" Ed. Kazushi MISAKI and Kunihiko MIZUNO. Koyo-shobo. 2012.
ISBN-10: 4771023417
Other reference publications will be given weekly.
Assessment/Grading
Positive attitude weekly (20%)+Exam (1)(30%)+ Exam (2)(50%)
Two Exams will be given. Logic and persuasiveness will be taken very seriously.
Message from instructor(s)
Students are expected to find out own problem of literatures and arts and deliberate on it, even if these works are not important for others.
Homework assignments will be given weekly. Homework will constitute reading Textbook and Reference publications.
Course keywords
Aesthetics, Fine arts, Greek literature, German literature, Philosophy, Ethics
Office hours
Appointment is necessary (in class)
Remarks 1
Remarks 2
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Lecture Language
Japanese
Language Subject
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3/2/2020 11:29:32 AM