Seminar on Theory Photography 1

Kód:

307ES1

Zakončení:

Z

Kredity:

1

Rozsah:

13/S

Vyučující:

Anotace:

This seminar is aimed on deep analysis of theory of photography. Reading of theoretical literature on photography (and culture in general) and its critical judgement is demanded. It connects photography with semiotics and interculturual disciplines.

Požadavky:

Cíle studia:

Osnova (a sylabus):

Assignments:

Students shall be asked to prepare papers on various texts (see lit.) and also on various exhibitions (according to the given possibilities). They will present them in front of the other students and thus subdue these essays to their critical discussion.

Grading:

Participation in discussions: 45%

Presentation of essays in front of other students: 45%

Participation in course 10% (however not less than 60%)

Name of the Lecturer: Robert Silverio PhD.

Contact: 267 711 836, silverio@volny.cz

Studijní materiály:

Adorno Theodor: The Culture Industry, Routledge, London 2001

Barthes Roland: Camera Lucida, any edition

Barthes Roland: Image, Music Text, Hill and Wang, NY 1978

Bourdieu Pierre: Photography: A Middle-brow Art, Stanford University Press, Stanford 1990

Burgin Victor (ed.): Thinking Photography, MacMillan Press, London 1982

Burgin Victor: In/Different Spaces, University of California Press Berkley and Los Angeles 1996

Flusser Vilém: Towards a Philosophy of Photography, European Photography, Göttingen 1984

McLuhan Marshal: Understanding Media, McGraw-Hill, New York 1965

Sontag Susan: On Photography, any edition after 1977

Wells, Liz (ed.) The Photography Reader, Routledge, London 2003

Poznámka:

On alternate year for 2. and 3. class (2007/08).

Předmět je součástí následujících studijních plánů:

• Fotografie EN - bakalář (oborový předmět)