ENGL 12800 /32800 - Theories of Media

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University of Chicago

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Description:

PQ: Any 10000-level ARTH or ARTV course, or consent of instructor. This course explores the concept of media and mediation in very broad terms, looking not only at modern technical media and mass media but also at the very idea of a medium as a means of communication, a set of institutional practices, and a "habitat" in which images proliferate and take on a "life of their own." Readings include classic texts (e. g., Plat o's Allegory of the Cave and Craty lus, Aristot le's Poe tics) and modern texts (e.g., Mar shall McLu han's Understanding Media; Regis De bray's Med iology; Fr iedrich Ki ttler's Gramophone, Film, Type writer). We also look at recent film s (e.g., The Matrix, e XistenZ) that project fantasies of a world of total mediation and hyperreality. Course requirements include one "show and tell" presentation that introduces a specif ic medium. W. J .T. Mitchell

Credits:

3.00

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Instructional Type:

Multiple

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Institution Website:

WWW.UCHICAGO.EDU

Phone Number:

(773) 702-1234

Regional Accreditation:

North Central Association of Colleges and Schools

Calendar System:

Quarter

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