2008/09 Undergraduate Module Catalogue

MUSI2520 Aesthetics and Criticism (from Plato to Nietzsche)

20 creditsClass Size: 40

Module manager: Dr Karen Burland
Email: music-modules@leeds.ac.uk

Taught: Semesters 1 & 2 (Sep to Jun) View Timetable

Year running 2008/09

Pre-requisite qualifications

Normally MUSI1020 and A level Music

Objectives

On successful completion of this module, the student should be able to: Carry out a close reading of a philosophical or critical text (on music), identifying and summarising the author's main points and arguments; contextualise those arguments both in terms of the emerging body of philosophical and critical ideas on music, and the immediate sociocultural circumstances of the author; evaluate those arguments, and the manner in which they are expressed, in the light of the author's evolving critical agenda. Trace the development of particular themes over time, from author to author; articulate, discuss and support these findings coherently in both written and verbal form; work effectively both independently and in groups towards clearly delineated goals

Syllabus

In a series of staff- and student-led seminars, students are introduced to influential and/or significant texts in the history of ideas about music in western civilisation. The module covers a range of texts, both critical and philosophical, providing an overview of the development of ideas about music, its special characteristics, social functions, and relations with the other arts. Texts are drawn from ancient Greek writings, from the medieval period, the Renaissance, the Baroque, the Enlightenment, and the German Romantic tradition. Authors selected for discussion might therefore typically include: Plato, Aristotle, Boethius, Tinctoris, Castiglione, North, Morley, Rameau, Quantz, Rousseau, Burney, Gretry, Crotch, Kant, Wackenroder, Hoffman, Schopenhauer, Hegel, Schumann, Hanslick, Wagner, Nietzsche, and Darwin.

Teaching methods

Delivery type	Number	Length hours	Student hours
Seminar	22	1.00	22.00
Private study hours			178.00
Total Contact hours			22.00
Total hours (100hr per 10 credits)			200.00

Methods of assessment

Coursework

Assessment type	Notes	% of formal assessment
Presentation	presentation and 500 word summary	10.00
Presentation	presentation and 500 word summary	10.00
Total percentage (Assessment Coursework)		20.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Exams

Exam type	Exam duration	% of formal assessment
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	40.00
Standard exam (closed essays, MCQs etc)	2 hr 00 mins	40.00
Total percentage (Assessment Exams)		80.00

Normally resits will be assessed by the same methodology as the first attempt, unless otherwise stated

Reading list

The reading list is available from the Library website

Last updated: 05/08/2008

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