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{{Short description|Philosophy}}
'''Didacticism''' is an artistic philosophy that emphasizes instructional and informative qualities in ] and other types of ]. Didactic art should not primarily "]" or pursue the subjective goals of the artist.
{{For|the teaching method|Didactic method}}
{{Redirect|Didactic|the album by Means End|The Didact}}


'''Didacticism''' is a ] that emphasises instructional and informative qualities in ], ], and design.<ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190618035715/https://www.academia.edu/2940819/Whats_Wrong_with_Didacticism |date=2019-06-18 }} Academia.edu, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013</ref><ref> {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121117071733/http://coursesite.uhcl.edu/HSH/Whitec/terms/D/didactic.htm |date=2012-11-17 }}, ], Retrieved 30 Oct 2013</ref><ref name=":0">{{Cite book|title=Du potentiel du didactisme en architecture|others=Cucuzzella, Carmela, 1962–, Hammond, Cynthia Imogen|year = 2019|isbn=978-1-988962-03-0|location=Montréal (Quebec), Canada|oclc=1082357029}}</ref> In art, design, architecture, and landscape, didacticism is a conceptual approach that is driven by the urgent need to explain.<ref name=":0" />
In this sense, the ] is didactic because it offers guidance in moral, religious, and ethical matters. It tells stories of the lives of people that followed ] teachings, and stories of people that decided to go against ] and the consequences that they faced. Another example is ]'s '']'', which offers a range of criticism and advice.


==Overview==
The term "didactic" also refers to texts (and by extension, media, such as film or television) that are overburdened with instructive, factual, and/or otherwise "educational" information, sometimes to the detriment of a reader's (or viewer's) enjoyment. The opposite of "didactic" is "non-didactic." If a writer is more concerned with artistic qualities and techniques than with conveying a message, then that piece of work is considered to be non-didactic, even if it is instructive/educational. This has occasionally been used in ] contexts, such as a mention in the '']'' episode "]" of ] being fond of an art form known as "didactic ]".
The term has its origin in the ] word διδακτικός (''didaktikos''), "pertaining to instruction",<ref>{{Cite web|title=OPTED v0.03 Letter D|url=https://courses.cs.vt.edu/cs2606/Fall08/Projects/Major/2/Data/wb1913_d.htm|access-date=2021-05-18|website=courses.cs.vt.edu|archive-date=2021-05-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210518063123/https://courses.cs.vt.edu/cs2606/Fall08/Projects/Major/2/Data/wb1913_d.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> and signified learning in a fascinating and intriguing manner.<ref>{{Cite web|title=didactic {{!}} Origin and meaning of didactic by Online Etymology Dictionary|url=https://www.etymonline.com/word/didactic|access-date=2021-05-18|website=www.etymonline.com|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|date=2013-09-15|title=Didacticism – Examples and Definition of Didacticism|url=https://literarydevices.net/didacticism/|access-date=2021-05-18|website=Literary Devices|language=en-US}}</ref>


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.<ref>, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013</ref><ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131103044158/http://www.uncp.edu/home/canada/work/allam/general/glossary.htm |date=2013-11-03 }}, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013</ref> During the Middle Age, the Roman Catholic chants like the '']'', as well as the Eucharistic hymns like the '']'' and '']'' are used for fixing within prayers the truths of the Roman Catholic faith to preserve them and pass down from a generation to another. In the ], the church began a ] between pagan and the Christian didactic art, a syncretism that reflected its dominating temporal power and recalled the controversy among the pagan and Christian aristocracy in the fourth century.<ref>{{cite book|author=]|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=PWdzlUBhFLwC&pg=PA176|title=The Emergence of Christianity: Classical Traditions in Contemporary Perspective|page=176|publisher=Fortress Press|date=October 1, 2010|isbn=9780800697471|access-date=July 1, 2021|location=Minneapolis, MN|series=G - Reference, Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Series|oclc=1056616571}}</ref> An example of didactic writing is ]'s '']'' (1711), which offers a range of advice about critics and criticism. An example of didactism in music is the chant '']'', which was used by ] to teach ] syllables.
Some have suggested that nearly all of the best ] is didactic. Contrarily, ] called didacticism the worst of "heresies" in his essay '']''.


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). ] called didacticism the worst of "heresies" in his essay '']''.
⚫ Other examples of didactic literature include:


==Examples==
* '']'', by John Mirk
⚫ Some instances of didactic literature include:{{citation needed|date=May 2019}}
⚫ * the poem '']'', by ]
* '']'', by ](?) (2613–2589 BC?)
* '']'' by Tomas Stitny
* '']'', by Hardjedef (between 25th century BC and 24th century BC)
* the '']''
* '']'', by ] (around 2375–2350 BC)
* '']''
* '']'', by ] ({{circa|700 BC}})
* '']''
* '']'', by ] ({{circa|350 BC}})
* '']''
* '']'', by ] ({{circa|300 BC}})
* '']'', by ] ({{circa|50 BC}})
⚫ * '']'', by ] ({{circa|30 BC}})
* '']'' by ] ({{circa|18 BC}})
* {{lang|la|]}}, by ] (1&nbsp;BC)
* '']'', by ] (between 2nd century BC and 5th century AD)
* '']'', by ] (AD&nbsp;1)
* '']'', by ] (between 1&nbsp;BC and AD&nbsp;8)
* '']'' by ] ({{circa|AD 14}})
* '']'', by ], ({{circa|65 AD}})
* ], by ] (3rd century AD)
* The '']'' (] literature, 5th century AD)
* '']'' by ] (12th century)
* '']'' by ] (1270s)
* '']'' (1480s)
* The ''Puruṣaparīkṣā'' by ]
* '']'', by ] (1678)
* '']'', by ] (1759)
* '']'' (anonymous, 1765)
* '']'', by ] (1776)
* '']'', by ] (1838–1839)<ref name=":2">Nordquist, Richard. (2021, February 16). Didacticism: Definition and Examples in Literature. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/didactic-writing-term-1690452</ref>
* ], by ] (1843)<ref name=":2" />
* '']'', by ] (1863)
* '']'', by ] (1871–1884)<ref name=":2" />
* '']'', by ] (1910)
* '']'', by ] (1952)
* ''], by ] (1991)''
* The ''Wizard of Gramarye'' series by ] (1968–2004)
* ''Children's Books in England: Five Centuries of Social Life.'' by ]<ref> {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150504122400/https://www2.bc.edu/~rappleb/Kingsley-Latest/KDidacticism.html |date=2015-05-04 }}, Boston College Libraries, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013</ref>


Some examples of research that investigates didacticism in art, design, architecture and landscape:
Didactic plays teach the audience through the use of a moral or a theme.


* "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.<ref name=":0" />
A good example of didactism in music is the chant ], which was used by ] to teach ] syllables.
* Cucuzzella, C., Chupin, J.-P., & Hammond, C. (2020). "Eco-didacticism in art and architecture: Design as means for raising awareness". Cities, 102, 102728.<ref name=":3">{{Cite journal |last1=Cucuzzella |first1=Carmela |last2=Chupin |first2=Jean-Pierre |last3=Hammond |first3=Cynthia |date=July 2020 |title=Eco-didacticism in art and architecture: Design as means for raising awareness |journal=Cities |language=en |volume=102 |pages=102728 |doi=10.1016/j.cities.2020.102728 |s2cid=218962466}}</ref>

Some examples of art, design, architecture and landscape projects that present eco-lessons.<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |title=Eco-didactic Turn in Art and Design in the Public Realm – IDEAS-BE |url=https://ideas-be.ca/project/the-eco-didactic-project/ |access-date=2020-04-22 |language=en-CA}}</ref>


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==References==
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==Further reading==
* Glaisyer, Natasha and Sara Pennell. ''Didactic Literature in England, 1500–1800: Expertise Reconstructed''. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2003.
* . United States, Journal of Thought Fund, 2002.
* 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.


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Latest revision as of 02:30, 31 October 2024

Philosophy For the teaching method, see Didactic method. "Didactic" redirects here. For the album by Means End, see The Didact.

Didacticism is a philosophy that emphasises instructional and informative qualities in literature, art, and design. In art, design, architecture, and landscape, didacticism is a conceptual approach that is driven by the urgent need to explain.

Overview

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

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. 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 preserve them and pass down from a generation to another. In the Renaissance, the church began a syncretism between pagan and the Christian didactic art, a syncretism that reflected its dominating temporal power and recalled the controversy among the pagan and Christian aristocracy in the fourth century. 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:

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.
  • Cucuzzella, C., Chupin, J.-P., & Hammond, C. (2020). "Eco-didacticism in art and architecture: Design as means for raising awareness". Cities, 102, 102728.

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

See also

References

  1. What’s Wrong with Didacticism? Archived 2019-06-18 at the Wayback Machine Academia.edu, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013
  2. Didactic Literature or حخ Archived 2012-11-17 at the Wayback Machine, University of Houston–Clear Lake, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013
  3. ^ Du potentiel du didactisme en architecture. Cucuzzella, Carmela, 1962–, Hammond, Cynthia Imogen. Montréal (Quebec), Canada. 2019. ISBN 978-1-988962-03-0. OCLC 1082357029.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link) CS1 maint: others (link)
  4. "OPTED v0.03 Letter D". courses.cs.vt.edu. Archived from the original on 2021-05-18. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  5. "didactic | Origin and meaning of didactic by Online Etymology Dictionary". www.etymonline.com. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  6. "Didacticism – Examples and Definition of Didacticism". Literary Devices. 2013-09-15. Retrieved 2021-05-18.
  7. Didacticism in Morality Plays, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013
  8. Glossary of Literary Terms Archived 2013-11-03 at the Wayback Machine, The University of North Carolina at Pembroke, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013
  9. 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.
  10. ^ Nordquist, Richard. (2021, February 16). Didacticism: Definition and Examples in Literature. Retrieved from https://www.thoughtco.com/didactic-writing-term-1690452
  11. Didacticism Archived 2015-05-04 at the Wayback Machine, Boston College Libraries, Retrieved 30 Oct 2013
  12. 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. S2CID 218962466.
  13. "Eco-didactic Turn in Art and Design in the Public Realm – IDEAS-BE". Retrieved 2020-04-22.

Further reading

  • Glaisyer, Natasha and Sara Pennell. Didactic Literature in England, 1500–1800: Expertise Reconstructed. Ashgate Publishing, Ltd., 2003.
  • Journal of Thought. United States, Journal of Thought Fund, 2002.
  • 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.

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