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Master's of Radio, Television and Cinema with Thesis

RTS531

THE POLITICS AND AESTHETICS OF THE IMAGE

Course Code
RTS531
Semester
First Term (Fall)
Theory+Practice
3 + 0
ECTS
10
Course TypeCompulsory Course
Course LevelMaster's Degree With Thesis
Year of Study1
SemesterFirst Term (Fall)
ECTS10
Name of Lecturer(s)
Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

  1. avail themselves of an understanding of key concepts and debates about both image and moving image with reference to art, philosophy and politics.
  2. learn to locate and contemplate on different theoretical positions towards aesthetic and politics of image.
  3. learn to construct a solid grounding of conceptual and theoretical language within various context of the image and also to analyze and synthesize the interplay of aesthetic, politics and technology in relation to both reproduction and reception of the image.
Mode of DeliveryFace to face
PrerequisitesNo
Recommended Optional Programme Componentsnone.
Course DescriptionThis course explores the perception, affection and action as expressed through image, examining how it is shaped by the theoretical and political interfaces of communication, politics, philosophy, and art. Students will critically analyze the philosophical and aesthetic qualities of the image, its movement across time-space, and the political dimensions of these epistemological and methodological positions. Through a critical lens, the course investigates these dynamics within contemporary and potential narratives, types, and modalities.
Course Contents
WEEK TOPICS
1st Week Genealogy and ontology of image
2nd Week Ancient mimesis and poetics of image
3rd Week The origin of work of art in reference to image
4th Week Image and/ as thing
5th Week Image as perception
6th Week Image as experience
7th Week Hermeneutics of image
8th Week Semiotics of image, hyperreality
9th Week Iconology: Image, Text, Ideology
10th Week Cinematic Ontology and Temporality
11th Week Movement image and time image, crystal image, opsign, sonsign
12th Week Digital, algoritmic and post human image
13th Week Post ontology synthetic realities
14th Week Article Presentations
Recommended or Required ReadingAsa Berger, Arthur. 1984. Signs in Contemporary Culture. NewYork: Longman.
Deleuze Gilles. 1986 Cinema 1 Movement-image (trans. Hugh Tomlinson and Robert Caleta). University of Minnesota Press. Deleuze Gilles. 1997 Cinema 2 Time-image Hugh Tomlinson and Robert Caleta. University of Minnesota Press.
Deleuze Gilles & Felix Guattari. 2014. A Thousand Plateaus (Trans. Brain Massumi) Bloomsbury Press.
Eco, Umberto. 1979. A theory of semiotics. Bloomington Indiana University Press
Eco, Umberto. 2012. Güzelliğin Tarihi (Çev. Ali Cevat Akkoyunlu).İsatnbul: Doğan Egmont Yayıncılık.
Eco, Umberto. 2009. Çirkinliğin Tarihi (Çev. Tankut Gökçe).Istanbul: Doğan Egmont Yayıncılık.
Foucault, Michel. 1970 The Order of Things (trans. Anon). London: Routledge
Heiddeger, Martin. The Origin of Work of Art. Cambridge University Press.
Jauss, Hans Herbert. 1982.Toward an Aesthetic of Reception (Trans. Timothy Bahti) Minneapolis: University of Minnesota Press.
Lechte, J. 2011. Ontology of Western İmage. Polity.
Mitchell, W. J. T. 1986. Iconology: Image, Text, Ideology. Chicago: The University of Chicago Press.
Panofsky, Erwing. 1972. Studies in Iconology. Oxford: WestviewPress.
Sartre. J.P.2004. Imaginary (trans. Jonathan Webber). London: Routledge.
Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods
  • Lecture
  • Discussion
Assessment Methods and Criteria
Quantity Percentage (%)
Assignment 2 50
Total(%) 50
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%) 50
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%) 50
Total(%) 100
Language of InstructionTurkish
Work Placement(s)No

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