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Bachelor | TR-NQF-HE: Level 6 | QF-EHEA: First Cycle | EQF-LLL: Level 6 |
Course Code | Course Name | Semester | Theoretical | Practical | Credit | ECTS |
POV3333 | Icons and Symbols | Spring | 2 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
This catalog is for information purposes. Course status is determined by the relevant department at the beginning of semester. |
Language of instruction: | English |
Type of course: | Non-Departmental Elective |
Course Level: | Bachelor’s Degree (First Cycle) |
Mode of Delivery: | Face to face |
Course Coordinator : | Instructor DENİZ EYÜCE ŞANSAL |
Recommended Optional Program Components: | None |
Course Objectives: | This class aims to introduce students into the logic, the way of function and the impact of icons and symbols in culture. Introducing the medial differences between image and text will open the field to discuss artistic approaches to this problem especially in photography, but also in literature, film and painting. |
The students who have succeeded in this course; 1. Identify the logic and function of icons and symbols in culture. 2. Discuss the artistic approaches to icons and symbols in literature, art, painting and photography in particular. 3. Analyze artistic products based on different approaches. 4. Execute photographic experiments with respect to icons and symbols. 5. Evaluate the cultural impacts of icons and symbols in their own image and text productions. 6. Construct a theoretical framework with respect to icons and symbols to build upon. |
In this class students discuss theoretical texts and analyse artwork, but also do some photographic experiments with respect to symbols and icons. In the last part of each class we will discuss these photographical experiments. In this way the students develop a deep understanding of the cultural impacts of these medial differences and their own image and text production. |
Week | Subject | Related Preparation |
1) | Introduction to the Course | |
2) | Iconic Communication: Barker: Human Communication Processes King: On the Possibility and Impossibility of a Universal Iconic Communication System | 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. | 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 | 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. |
Course Notes / Textbooks: | |
References: |
Semester Requirements | Number of Activities | Level of Contribution |
Attendance | 1 | % 15 |
Midterms | 1 | % 25 |
Final | 1 | % 60 |
Total | % 100 | |
PERCENTAGE OF SEMESTER WORK | % 40 | |
PERCENTAGE OF FINAL WORK | % 60 | |
Total | % 100 |
Activities | Number of Activities | Duration (Hours) | Workload |
Course Hours | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Study Hours Out of Class | 14 | 4 | 56 |
Midterms | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Final | 1 | 2 | 2 |
Total Workload | 116 |
No Effect | 1 Lowest | 2 Low | 3 Average | 4 High | 5 Highest |
Program Outcomes | Level of Contribution |