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| Semester | spring semester 2016 |
| Course frequency | Irregular |
| Lecturers | Peter Robert Burleigh (p.burleigh@unibas.ch, Assessor) |
| Content | The seminar will reflect critically on the ways in which visual culture is expressed in literature. We will examine canonical exponents of visual theory and address a variety of media and practices, exemplifying particular ways in which text renders image. To start we will discuss a genealogy of notions of the visual field, discussing perception, vision and visuality and its relation to text in general. In the second phase, visual culture and everyday life will be explored, considering specifically how language can realize colour, form, and motion, in different ways from a more static formation in image. Thus, focussing on the ways in which image appears in literature, and how literary artefacts correspondingly further inform ways of seeing. A list of specific texts (novels, short stories, essays, and films) will follow shortly. |
| Learning objectives | Students will learn about the basics of visual theory. Students will be able to contextualize notions related to visual media and contemporary social structures. The analysis of material fictional worlds will suggest how text and vision are ways in which we understand and negotiate our lived world. |
| Bibliography | t.b.a. |
| Weblink | ADAM |
| Admission requirements | This seminar is for BA students on the advanced level: for BA05 students those who have completed their proseminar paper in Literary & Cultural Studies; for BA13 students those who have completed ALL three introductory modules (including the proseminar papers). |
| Course application | Please register by e-mail to p.burleigh@unibas.ch by 11th January. The number of course participants is limited to 24. |
| Language of instruction | English |
| Use of digital media | Online, mandatory |
| Interval | Weekday | Time | Room |
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No dates available. Please contact the lecturer.
| Modules |
Modul Advanced Anglophone Literary and Cultural Studies (Bachelor's degree subject: English) Modul Extending the View (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: English (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) Modul Focusing on the Discipline (Literary and Cultural Studies) (Bachelor's degree subject: English (Start of studies before 01.08.2013)) |
| Assessment format | continuous assessment |
| Assessment details | Assessment will include minute taking, short individual presentations, and a short written response to one aspect of the course. |
| 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 |