Didacticism

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Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in literature, art, and design.[1][2][3] In art, design, architecture, and landscape, didacticism is an emerging conceptual approach that is driven by the urgent need to explain.[3]

When applied to ecological questions, didacticism in art, design, architecture and landscape attempts to persuade the viewer of environmental priorities; thus, constituting an entirely new form of explanatory discourse that presents, what can be called "eco-lessons".[4] This concept can be defined as "ecological didacticism".[5]

Overview[]

The term has its origin in the Ancient Greek word διδακτικός (didaktikos), "pertaining to instruction",[6] and signified learning in a fascinating and intriguing manner.[7][8]

Didactic art was meant both to entertain and to instruct. Didactic plays, for instance, were intended to convey a moral theme or other rich truth to the audience.[9][10] During the Middle Age, the Roman Catholic chants like the Veni Creator Spiritus, as well as the Eucharistic hymns like the Adoro te devote and Pange lingua are used for fixing within prayers the truths of the roman Catholic faith to preseve them and pass down from a generation to another. In the Renaissance, the church begun a syncretism between pagan and the Christian didactic art, a syncretism that reflected its dominating temporal power and recalled the controvery among the pagan and Christian aristocracy in the fourth century.[11] An example of didactic writing is Alexander Pope's An Essay on Criticism (1711), which offers a range of advice about critics and criticism. An example of didactism in music is the chant Ut queant laxis, which was used by Guido of Arezzo to teach solfege syllables.

Around the 19th century the term didactic came to also be used as a criticism for work that appears to be overburdened with instructive, factual, or otherwise educational information, to the detriment of the enjoyment of the reader (a meaning that was quite foreign to Greek thought). Edgar Allan Poe called didacticism the worst of "heresies" in his essay The Poetic Principle.

Examples[]

Some instances of didactic literature include:[citation needed]

Some examples of research that investigates didacticism in art, design, architecture and landscape:

  • Du Didactisme en Architecture / On Didacticism in Architecture. (2019). In C. Cucuzzella, C. I. Hammond, S. Goubran, & C. Lalonde (Eds.), Cahiers de Recherche du LEAP (Vol. 3). Potential Architecture Books.[3]
  • Cucuzzella, C., Chupin, J.-P., & Hammond, C. (2020). Eco-didacticism in art and architecture: Design as means for raising awareness. Cities, 102, 102728.[5]

Some examples of art, design, architecture and landscape projects that present eco-lessons.[4]

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ What’s Wrong with Didacticism? Academia.edu, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013
  2. ^ Didactic Literature or حخ, University of Houston–Clear Lake, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Du potentiel du didactisme en architecture. Cucuzzella, Carmela, 1962-, Hammond, Cynthia Imogen. Montréal (Quebec), Canada. 2019. ISBN 978-1-988962-03-0. OCLC 1082357029.CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b "Eco-didactic Turn in Art and Design in the Public Realm – IDEAS-BE". Retrieved 2020-04-22.
  5. ^ Jump up to: a b Cucuzzella, Carmela; Chupin, Jean-Pierre; Hammond, Cynthia (July 2020). "Eco-didacticism in art and architecture: Design as means for raising awareness". Cities. 102: 102728. doi:10.1016/j.cities.2020.102728.
  6. ^ "OPTED v0.03 Letter D". courses.cs.vt.edu. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  7. ^ "didactic | Origin and meaning of didactic by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  8. ^ "Didacticism - Examples and Definition of Didacticism". Literary Devices. 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  9. ^ Didacticism in Morality Plays, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013
  10. ^ Glossary of Literary Terms Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013
  11. ^ Cynthia White (October 1, 2010). The Emergence of Christianity: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective. G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press. p. 176. ISBN 9780800697471. OCLC 1056616571. Retrieved July 1, 2021.
  12. ^ Didacticism Archived 2015-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, Boston College Libraries, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013

Further reading[]

  • Glaisyer, Natasha and Sara Pennell. Didactic Literature in England, 1500-1800: Expertise Reconstructed'.' (Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2003).
  • Wittig, Claudia. Prodesse Et Delectare: Case Studies on Didactic Literature in the European Middle Ages / Fallstudien Zur Didaktischen Literatur Des Europäischen Mittelalters. Germany, De Gruyter, 2019.
  • Journal of Thought. United States, Journal of Thought Fund, 2002.
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