Postgraduate Course: Text and Context (CLLC11091)
Course Outline
| School |
School of Arts, Culture and Environment |
College |
College of Humanities and Social Science |
| Course type |
Standard |
Availability |
Available to all students |
| Credit level (Normal year taken) |
SCQF Level 11 (Postgraduate) |
Credits |
20 |
| Home subject area |
Common Courses (Sch of Arts, Culture and Environ) |
Other subject area |
None |
| Course website |
None
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Taught in Gaelic? |
No |
| Course description |
This course responds to the growing interest in visual media, practices of looking and reading, technological mediations of language and imagery, and tensions between the visual, linguistic and the literary texts. It aims at interrogating the materiality and visibility of texts, positioning of the visible and material language signs within the theoretical and methodological approaches to studying cultures. The course examines the opposition of word and image and the notions of reading and text as privilaged conceptual toolsin theories of culture and society. |
Entry Requirements
| Pre-requisites |
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Co-requisites |
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| Prohibited Combinations |
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Other requirements |
None
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| Additional Costs |
None |
Information for Visiting Students
| Pre-requisites |
None |
| Displayed in Visiting Students Prospectus? |
Yes |
Course Delivery Information
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| Delivery period: 2010/11 Semester 1, Available to all students (SV1)
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WebCT enabled: No |
Quota: 0 |
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Activity |
Description |
Weeks |
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Tuesday |
Wednesday |
Thursday |
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| First Class |
First class information not currently available |
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Summary of Intended Learning Outcomes
students will have:
- a knowledge of the key approaches to studying writing and textual forms as well as historical, political, cultural contexts of writing traditions.
- understanding of the impact of technologies on writing forms and cultural practices of writing.
- ability to conduct analysis of the graphic forms of writing, technologies used in the production of forms of the written word.
- developed skills in relating theory to material manifestations of textual practices and graphic and spatial dimensions of textual artefacts. |
Assessment Information
| one presentation and an accompanying 1000 word report and an annotated bibliography plus a project consisting of a written compenent of 3,000 words and a visual component (visual essay) in a chosen form. |
Special Arrangements
| None |
Additional Information
| Academic description |
Not entered |
| Syllabus |
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| Transferable skills |
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| Reading list |
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| Study Abroad |
Not entered |
| Study Pattern |
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| Keywords |
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Contacts
| Course organiser |
Dr Ella Chmielewska
Tel: (0131 6)51 3736
Email: Ella.Chmielewska@ed.ac.uk |
Course secretary |
Ms Kirsten Phimister
Tel: (0131 6)51 4301
Email: k.phimister@ed.ac.uk |
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