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Campus | Haverford |
Semester | Fall 2017 |
Registration ID | ARTSH229A001 |
Course Title | Topics in Visual Studies: Roland Barthes and the Image |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Fine Arts |
Instructor | Muse,John H. |
Times and Days | TTh 10:00am-11:30am
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Room Location | VCAM201 |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 2247 An exploration of the rhetoric of visual culture through an examination of 20th century French critic Roland Barthes’ many writings on photography, film, and what he calls the “civilized code of perfect illusions.” We will spend the semester reading his texts, charting the trajectory of a career that begins with the euphoria of an ever-expanding semiotic and ends with a meditation on the limits of this very project. ; Crosslisted: Fine Arts, Visual Studies, Comparative Literature ; Enrollment Limit: 30 Humanities (HU) |
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