Week |
Subject |
Related Preparation |
1) |
Introduction to the Course |
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2) |
Iconic Communication:
Barker: Human Communication Processes
King: On the Possibility and Impossibility of a Universal Iconic Communication System
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
3) |
Roscoe: The Limits of Iconic Communication |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
4) |
McLaren: Some Pictorial Symbol Systems for Public Spaces
ISOTYPES a.o.
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
5) |
Exhibition Visit |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
6) |
Mitchell: Picture Theory: Introduction & The Pictorial Turn |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
7) |
Metapictures |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
8) |
Beyond Comparison: Picture, Text, and Method |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
9) |
Ekphrasis and the Other |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
10) |
Ut Pictura Poesis: Abstract Painting and Language |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
11) |
Theorising film and television |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
12) |
Continued:
The Photographic Essay: Four Case Studies
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Weekly readings will be assigned. |
13) |
Realism, Irrealism, and Ideology: After Nelson Goodman & Conclusion: Some Pictures of Representation |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
14) |
Conclusion and Review for the Final Exam |
Weekly readings will be assigned. |
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Program Outcomes |
Level of Contribution |
1) |
Upon graduation, students will acquire key skills and attributes to conduct research to use research tools, to solve problems, to communicate effectively and to transfer skills to the workplace. |
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2) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to discuss key issues in fluent English. |
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3) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to compose written documents in English with a mature prose style. |
4 |
4) |
Upon graduation, students will have gained broad knowledge of the American and English literary canons. |
4 |
5) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to analyze, synthesize and criticize sophisticated works of American and English literature. |
4 |
6) |
Upon graduation, students will have achieved in depth the understanding of contemporary American culture. |
3 |
7) |
Upon graduation, students will have developed the ability to draw links among diverse literary texts and documents and establish critical connections and adopt an interdisciplinary attitude. |
3 |
8) |
Upon graduation, students will be able to develop new projects individually or in teams. |
3 |
9) |
Upon graduation, students will be able to apply their knowledge into their lives for interdisciplinary problem-solving and solutions. |
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