Legacy Course Catalog
ENGL 668C - Visual Culture And Photography
| Effectivity: | 01/07/2008 - 05/03/2008 @ Purdue West Lafayette Traditional |
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| Credits: | 3 |
| Instructional Types: | Lab Lec |
| Usually Offered: | fal spr |
| Short Title: | Visual Culture & Photo |
| Description: | This course examines the culture of the photograph. This includes its history, the divergent uses of the medium across cultures, the theoretical and critical responses it inspires, and its intersection with other media such as film and painting. Photography is ubiquitous but poorly understood. This class aims to develop a literacy towards photographs based on an understanding of its forms, its particular cultural manifestations, and its challenge to thought. Topics to be considered include: the still image and questions of authorship; the rhetorical and iconic or political power of photographs; photography and war/advertisement/fashion/pornography; photography and historical periods such as the Great Depression; the ethical responsibilities of photographer and spectator; the status of evidence; situating the photo in the family album, the police file, and the museum wall; the found photograph. One screening a week. |
| School: | College Of Liberal Arts |
| Department: | English |
| Credit By Exam: | NO |
| Repeatable Flag: | YES |
| Temporary Flag: | YES |
| Full Time Privilege Flag: | NO |
| Honors Flag: | NO |
| Variable Title Flag: | NO |
Fall 2007 *** indicates the course was still an active course and was transferred to the Banner Catalog effective Spring 2008. This course was not expired Fall 2007.
