The Laboratory in Philosophy of Language is part of the program in Philosophical Sciences (MA level) and is included among the “Other training activities”. The laboratory proposes an introduction to the contemporary debate about the relation between music and language through the lecture and the comment of texts from different traditions. The aim will be to point out some problematic issues (linguistic and musical comprehension; expressivity and expression; the origin of language and of the musical activity) traceable in musicological literature, analitical aesthetic, neuro science, paleoanthropological studies and in the thought of continental tradition. Upon completion of the course students are expected to acquire the following skills: 1) advanced critical thinking and its relation to the relevant issues; 2) advanced language and argumentation skills required to the issues discussed in the course; 3) capacity to read and analyse philosophical sources and the relevant critical debate.
teacher profile teaching materials
AaVv, I formalisti russi, Einaudi.
Viktor Sklovskij, Teoria della prosa, Einaudi.
Bertold Brecht, Sul romanzo giallo, Einaudi.
Anton Cechov, Né per fama né per denaro, Biblioteca editori associati.
Edgar Allan Poe, Filosofia della composizione e altri saggi, Guida.
Georg W. F. Hegel, Lezioni sulla filosofia della storia, La nuova Italia.
Programme
Topic of the workshop are the literary genres: short story, novel, epic, lyric, "mystery", screenplays, etc. We will try to focus on the relationship between these forms of narration and the prevailing life forms. But above all to identify the possible relationship between the different literary genres and the different ways of conceiving and telling social and political history: in short, literary genres as a way of accessing the categories of the philosophy of history.Core Documentation
Enzo Melandri, I generi letterari e la loro origine, Quodlibet.AaVv, I formalisti russi, Einaudi.
Viktor Sklovskij, Teoria della prosa, Einaudi.
Bertold Brecht, Sul romanzo giallo, Einaudi.
Anton Cechov, Né per fama né per denaro, Biblioteca editori associati.
Edgar Allan Poe, Filosofia della composizione e altri saggi, Guida.
Georg W. F. Hegel, Lezioni sulla filosofia della storia, La nuova Italia.
Type of delivery of the course
The couse includes: Lectures Discussions and debates with students Oral presentations by students Class attendance is mandatoryType of evaluation
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