PHIL 271.3 — Aesthetics



 
    Announcements, Etc.


Philosophy Colloquium: Peter Alward on Photographic Fiction (13.11.11)

Coming up next Friday, Peter Alward (University of Lethbridge and University of Saskatachewan) will be delivering a talk on "Varieties of Photographic Fiction" as part of the Department of Philosophy's Colloquium Series. While I suspect that Alward's talk may be somewhat technical, I'd also point out that he is an acknowledged leader in this area of aesthetics (i.e., theories of fiction as applied to photography). If you're at all interested in the topic, it would be a shame to miss it.

Friday, November 18th
3:30 PM, ESB Room 112

 

More on Donny Johnson (07.11.11)

I mentioned his story in class yesterday; here's the official web site for 'not-just-a-prison-artist' Donny Johnson:

Donny Johnson: The Official Website

 

As Promised: Hitchock on Montage (19.10.11)

As I mentioned in class today, Hitchcock's mastery of montage ('cutting') to achieve cinematic effects might be an instance of what Collingwood would call "craft" as opposed to "art properly so called." The following video clip could be used as evidence for that view. If you are at all interested in film, watch it through to the end: It's like a miniature course in filmmaking from the master.

 


File Under 'Aristotle'?
(or Freud?) (01.10.11)

Neurotics experience more immersion when watching films (BPS Research Digest)

 

 


Know of an upcoming show / gig / lecture / personal appearance that the class should know about?  Send me a link and I'll post it here.


 
Time / Location: MWF 2:30 - 3:20 3:50 PM / PHYSIC 127
CRN: 84480
Instructor: William Buschert <will.buschert@usask.ca>
Office / Phone :

ARTS 623 / 966-6955

Office Hours: Tues 1:00 - 2:00 or by appointment
Required Text:

Eric Dayton, Ed., Art and Interpretation (Peterborough, ON: Broadview Press, 1998).

Cynthia Freeland, But is it Art? (Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press, 2001).

Additional readings will also be made available in the Online Readings section of this site and/or handed out in class.

 


Department of Philosophy
Department of Political Studies
Will Buschert's Web Site

e-mail: will.buschert@usask.ca

Last Updated: 13.11.11