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DI5442 Religious Experience and Aesthetic Forms

Academic year(s): 2017-2018

Key information

SCOTCAT credits : 40

ECTS credits : 20

Level : SCQF level 11

Semester: 2

Availability restrictions: Not available as an optional module for any other programme, except with the Permission of the Head of School.

Planned timetable: 2.00 pm - 6.00 pm Mon

Claims to religious experience can take many forms. The possibility of its mediation through various artistic media is the subject of this module. Are certain forms of architecture more conducive than others (e.g. Gothic rather than modernist)? Do certain types of music (e.g. Gregorian chant) encourage and others (e.g. pop) inhibit such experience? The module takes four main areas: architecture, painting, music and action (including drama and ballet), and explores the theoretical justifications given for using the media in question to bring (usually) one aspect of divinity to prominence rather than another.

Learning and teaching methods and delivery

Weekly contact: 4 hours.

Assessment pattern

As used by St Andrews: 3-hour Written Examination = 40%, Coursework = 60%

Personnel

Module teaching staff: Dr G Corbett