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| Semester | spring semester 2011 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Peter Robert Burleigh (p.burleigh@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | As the third in a series on visual media, the seminar will reflect critically on the notion of visual theory. The diversity of visual culture and the need to render experience in visual form is the point of departure of the seminar. There will be two principle phases: the first will be a genealogy of notions of the visual field, considering perception, vision and visuality. In the second phase, visual culture and everyday life, the virtual in terms of bodies and spaces, and finally notions of affect will be explored. Each phase will examine canonical exponents of visual theory and address a variety of artefacts and practices that exemplify particular ways in which we can understand the visual. |
| Learning objectives | Students will learn about key concepts in visual theory, and how different theories and approaches relate one to another. Students will follow the application of theoretical tools to actual cultural artefacts. Students will engage with contemporary developments in visual theory and will be able to outline potential future directions in the field. |
| Bibliography | A reader will be made available; documents will be distributed online via EVA. |
| Weblink | EVA |
| Admission requirements | This seminar is targeted at advanced students (MA-level) but is also open to BA-students who have successfully completed the 2nd year (including the proseminar paper in literature). |
| Course application | This seminar is now full. There are no places left. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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| Modules |
Interphilologisches Angebot: Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Bachelor's degree subject: Deutsche Philologie) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: German Literature) Modul Allgemeine Literaturwissenschaft (Master's degree subject: Modern German Literature) Modul English & American Literature (Master's degree subject: English) Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) Modul Focusing on English for SLA teachers (Ausbildung zur Lehrperson für die Sekundarstufe I) Modul Focusing on English for SLA teachers (Sek-I-Fach: Englisch) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Regular attendance, active participation, chairing a meeting |
| Assessment registration/deregistration | Reg.: course registration; dereg.: not required |
| Repeat examination | no repeat examination |
| Scale | Pass / Fail |
| Repeated registration | as often as necessary |
| Responsible faculty | Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, studadmin-philhist@unibas.ch |
| Offered by | Englisches Seminar |