AESTHETICS

İTA444

Course Code: İTA444
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 5

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Assistant Professor Erdem İlic

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Grasp the historical transformation of aesthetic theories.
Analyze the relationship between mass communication, technology, and society.
Analyze the relationship between visual culture and power.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Description

This course explores the historical transformation of aesthetic thought from antiquity to the present and its relationship with social structures. It examines art interpretations starting from Plato and Aristotle to philosophers such as Kant, Hegel, and Nietzsche, alongside the Frankfurt School?s critiques of the culture industry and Benjamin?s technology-oriented approaches. Students will gain the ability to analyze visual culture through modern mediums like photography, cinema, and video; explore taste judgments via Bourdieu?s concept of "habitus"; and decipher the dynamics between aesthetics and power within a Foucaultian framework.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction: Explanation of the course scope, goals, and objectives.
2^nd Week	Plato, Aristotle, Ancient Greek Tragedies, and Esthetics.
3^rd Week	Narrative Analysis and Esthetics.
4^th Week	Apollo and Dionysus: Nietzsche?s Interpretation.
5^th Week	Kantian and Hegelian Esthetics.
6^th Week	Social Context: Judgments of Taste and Habitus.
7^th Week	Benjamin and the Work of Art.
8^th Week	Adorno, Horkheimer, and the Culture Industry.
9^th Week	Photographic and Cinematographic Esthetics.
10^th Week	Esthetics and Power: Foucault?s Contribution.
11^th Week	Cultural Studies.
12^th Week	Esthetics in Video Theory.
13^th Week	Esthetics in Postmodern Theory.
14^th Week	General Review.

Recommended or Required Reading

Adorno, T. W., & Horkheimer, M. (2010). Aydınlanmanın diyalektiği. (N. Ülner & E. Öztarhan, Çev.). Kabalcı Yayınevi. (Orijinal eser 1944 tarihlidir).
Aristoteles. (2018). Poetika. (İ. Tunalı, Çev.). Remzi Kitabevi.
Baudrillard, J. (2011). Simülakrlar ve simülasyon. (O. Adanır, Çev.). Doğu Batı Yayınları.
Benjamin, W. (2012). Tekniğin olanaklarıyla yeniden üretilebildiği çağda sanat yapıtı. Pasajlar içinde (s. 50-80). (A. Cemal, Çev.). Yapı Kredi Yayınları.
Berger, J. (2016). Görme biçimleri. (Y. Salman, Çev.). Metis Yayınları.
Bourdieu, P. (2015). Ayrım: Beğeni yargısının toplumsal eleştirisi. (D. Fırat & A. Günce, Çev.). Heretik Yayınları.
Foucault, M. (2022). Kelimeler ve şeyler: İnsan bilimlerinin bir arkeolojisi (M. A. Kılıçbay, Çev.). İmge Kitabevi.
Hegel, G. W. F. (2017). Estetik üzerine dersler. (T. İnal, Çev.). Payel Yayınları.
Jameson, F. (2011). Postmodernizm ya da geç kapitalizmin kültürel mantığı. (N. Plümer & A. Gölcü, Çev.). Norgunk Yayıncılık.
Kant, I. (2011). Yargı yetisinin eleştirisi. (A. A. Ural, Çev.). Metis Yayınları.
Nietzsche, F. (2018). Tragedyanın doğuşu. (M. Tüzel, Çev.). Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
Platon. (2017). Devlet. (S. Eyüboğlu & M. A. Cimcoz, Çev.). Türkiye İş Bankası Kültür Yayınları.
Sontag, S. (2008). Fotoğraf üzerine. (O. Akınhay, Çev.). Agora Kitaplığı.
Williams, R. (2017). Kültür ve toplum: 1780-1950. (U. Kocabaşoğlu, Çev.). İletişim Yayınları.

Ders sırasında önerilecek güncel ek kaynaklar, örnek çalışmalar ve okumalar.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion
Problem Solving

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	30
Attendance	1	20
Total(%)		50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		50
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	1	1
Preparation for Quiz	2	4	8
Individual or group work	12	4	48
Preparation for Final exam	1	24	24
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	12	12
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	1.5	1.5
Homework	6	2	12
Total Work Load			148.5
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4.95
ECTS Credit of the Course			5

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

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