Course detail

Master's State Examination seminar 2

FaVU-CPZZ-IIAcad. year: 2020/2021

The second of three seminars serving as a support for students in preparation for the theoretical part of the master's state final exam. The basis for work in this semester is the canon of 100 selected works of art and exhibitions related to the themes of the state exam. During the semester, students will choose which work of art (or exhibition) they want to focus on. The output is a seminar paper, in which at least one of the recommended texts for state exam circles must be used for a closer presentation and interpretation of the selected art work (exhibition). After the introductory joint lessons, the work in the semester is individual and is based on consultations with teachers.

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

2

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Students will get acquainted with the range of works of art and exhibitions relevant to the state exam topics and thus gain the basis for individual preparation for the exam. The writing of texts will strengthen the competencies in the field of writing academic texts, which students will use in the final seminar, or in writing the text part of the diploma thesis documentation.

Prerequisites

None.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

The teaching is based on the method of active learning which in this seminar is connected with individual work, including the choice of topic and the search for relevant sources for the argumentative structure of the text.

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

The credit is awarded on the basis of attendance in the introductory seminars, active approach to consulting and submitting a seminar paper.

Course curriculum

The semester begins with several introductory classes devoted to the presentation of the canon of selected works of art and exhibitions, from which the topics of seminar papers are derived. During these classes, relevant principles of academic writing will also be reminded, the observance of which will be required in the seminar papers. After the students choose the topic of the seminar paper, they will be assigned a consultant supervising the course of preparation and writing of the text.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

The aim of the course is to make students acquainted with the canon of important works of art and exhibitions related to the state examinations topics. Furthermore, the aim is to strengthen the competencies of students in the field of academic writing.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Compulsory attendance in the introductory seminars and active participation in consulting.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Yve-Alain BOIS – Benjamin Buchloh – Hal FOSTER – Rosalind KRAUSSOVÁ, Umění po roce 1900, Praha: Slovart, 2007. (CS)
Zbyněk BALADRÁN – Vít HAVRÁNEK (eds.), Atlas transformace, Praha: tranzit.cz, 2009. (CS)
Roland BARTHES, Světlá komora, Praha: Fra, 2005. (CS)
Ondřej BUDDEUS – Markéta MAGIDOVÁ (eds.), Třídit slova: Literatura a konceptuální tendence 1945 – 2015, Praha: tranzit, 2016. (CS)
Claire BISHOP, Artificial Hells, Londýn – New York: Verso, 2012. (EN)
Peter BÜRGER, Teorie avantgardy. Stárnutí moderny, Praha: AVU, 2015. (CS)
Karel CÍSAŘ, Co je to fotografie? Praha, Herrmann & synové, 2004. (CS)
Eva KRÁTKÁ (ed.), Česká vizuální poezie, Brno: Host, 2013. (CS)
Eva KRÁTKÁ, Vizuální poezie. Pojmy, kategorie a typologie ve světovém kontextu, Brno: Host, 2016. (CS)
Pavlína MORGANOVÁ – Terezie NEKVINDOVÁ – Dagmar SVATOŠOVÁ – Jiří ŠEVČÍK (eds), České umění 1980–2010. Praha: VVP AVU, 2011. (CS)
Peter OSBORNE, Anywhere or Not at All. Philosophy of Contemporary Art, Londýn – New York: Verso, 2013. (EN)
Tomáš POSPISZYL, Asociativní dějepis umění, Praha: tranzit, 2014. (CS)
Tomáš POSPISZYL (ed.), Před obrazem. Antologie americké výtvarné teorie a kritiky, Praha: OSVU, 1998. (CS)

Recommended reading

Ladislav KESNER (ed.), Vizuální teorie: současné angloamerické myšlení o výtvarných dílech, Jinočany: H&H, 2005. (CS)
Tomáš DVOŘÁK (ed.), Kapitoly z dějin a teorie médií, Praha: VVP AVU, 2011. (CS)
Jan ZÁLEŠÁK, Umění spolupráce, Praha: VVP AVU, 2011. (CS)
Sešit pro umění, teorii a příbuzné zóny, Praha: VVP AVU, 2007, č. 1–2. (celé číslo) (CS)
Wolfgang Ullrich, „Nevinná ruka“, Labyrint revue, 2010, č. 27/28, s. 101–103. (CS)
Hans BELTING – Andrea BUDDENSIEG (eds), Global Art World, Hatje Cantz, 2009. (EN)
Martin HEIDEGGER, „Zrození uměleckého díla“, Orientace, 1968, č. 3, s. 53–62; č. 4, s. 75–83; č. 5, s. 84–94. (CS)
Hans-Georg GADAMER, Aktualita krásného. Umění jako hra, symbol a slavnost, Praha: Triáda 2003. (CS)
Petr REZEK, „Setkání s akčními umělci“, Výtvarné umění, 1991, č. 3, s.78–80. (CS)
Hal FOSTER, „Co je nového na neoavantgardě?“, Sešit pro umění, teorii a příbuzné zóny, 2010, č. 8, s. 58–85. (CS)
Boris GROYS, Gesamtkunstwerk Stalin; Postkomunistické postskriptum, Praha: AVU, 2010. (CS)
Alexander ALBERRO – Blake STIMSON (eds.), Conceptual Art. A Critical Anthology, Cambridge, MA: MIT Press, 1999. (EN)
Jeff WALL, „ ‚Známky lhostejnosti‘. Aspekty fotografie (jako) konceptuálního umění“, Sešit pro umění, teorii a příbuzné zóny, 2012, č. 12, s. 58–86. (CS)
Hal FOSTER, The Art-architecture complex, London – New York: Verso, 2011. (EN)
Marvin CARLSON, Performance. A critical introduction, London: Routledge, 2006. (EN)
Allan KAPROW, Essays on Blurring of Art and Life, Berkeley, CA: University of California Press, 1996. (EN)

Classification of course in study plans

  • Programme VUM Master's

    branch VU-D , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-D , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-D , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-VT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory
    branch VU-IDT , 1. year of study, summer semester, compulsory

Type of course unit

 

Seminar

26 hours, optionally

Teacher / Lecturer