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Lecturer(s)
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Course content
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1) Music as communication 2) - 3) Basic concepts of musical semiotics 4) - 5) Czech musical semiotics - the predecessor, so-called Prague team, the current status and perspectives 6) - 7 The analogy of music and speech 8) - 11 Methods semantization Music 12) Music signs as part of a complex communication
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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Learning outcomes
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The aim of the course is to outline the concepts of understanding of music signs as a specific form of communication. Semiotics can be defined the science about signs sign systems, semiotics of music deals with musical signs as symbol systems and addresses the question of what and music means and the ways it communicates. The course is to outline the development of musical semiotics, exposing a conceptual / terminological problems of discipline and guidelines addressing key issues, with special attention to the concept of so-called Prague team for musical semiotics. The course will probe into specific ways semantization music.
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Prerequisites
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Assessment methods and criteria
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Credits: - Regular active participation in seminar - preparation for seminars (reading of the assigned texts) - final test Requirements for the colloquium: - an essay on chosen topic (5 pages) and its presentation
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Recommended literature
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