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26017-01 - Seminar: Visual Media 2 3 CP

Semester fall semester 2012
Course frequency Irregular
Lecturers Peter Robert Burleigh (p.burleigh@unibas.ch, Assessor)
Content The course has two main functions: firstly to introduce, practice and explore time-based media in general. Thus participants will be instructed in the basic terminology, characteristics and features of the field through reading a number of key critical texts. Secondly, we will apply and articulate theoretical aspects through an examination of British film, television and video. Taking both a historical and social view of the medium, we will examine key products, practitioners and uses of time-based media. This is the second course in a three-part cycle on visual media. The first in HS2011 related to photography; a third to follow in a future semester will explore visuality as a theoretical notion and work through a number of visual practices including novels, plays, film and fine art, especially focusing on British cultural artefacts.
Learning objectives To familiarize students with key concepts in time-based visual media.
To focus critical attention on the analysis of film, television and video.
To expose and extend students' knowledge in the repertoire of British film television and video.
Bibliography A course reader will be made available.
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Admission requirements Successful completion of 2nd-year module "Refining Skills in Literature and Culture" (including the proseminar paper).

Students should have an interest in developing their understanding of visual media in relation to text, language and theories of signification.
Course application Please register via ISIS; the seminar is limited to 24 participants.
Language of instruction English
Use of digital media Online, mandatory

 

Interval Weekday Time Room

No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.

Modules Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch)
Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: Englisch)
Modul Literatur im Zusammenspiel der Künste und Medien (Master's degree program: Literaturwissenschaft/Literary Studies/Etudes Littéraires)
Assessment format continuous assessment
Assessment details Regular attendance; group presentations
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 Fachbereich Englische Sprach- und Literaturwissenschaft

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