2024 Fall
RHETOR 137 002 - LEC 002
Rhetoric of the Image
Michael James Mascuch
Aug 28, 2024 - Dec 13, 2024
We
02:00 pm - 04:59 pm
Social Sciences Building 170
Class #:31198
Units: 4
Instruction Mode:
In-Person Instruction
Offered through
Rhetoric
Current Enrollment
Total Open Seats:
-2
Enrolled: 47
Waitlisted: 0
Capacity: 45
Waitlist Max: 15
No Reserved Seats
Hours & Workload
3 hours of instructor presentation of course materials per week, and 10 hours of outside work hours per week.
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Course Catalog Description
This course surveys methods and theories of visual culture, including the rhetorics and discourses of images (still and moving), media (old and new), display, circulation, value, and interpretation. Topics explored will include: spectacle, reproduction, materiality, time, style, genre, archive, truth-value, and affectivity. Students will learn multi- and interdisciplinary uses of visual materials as objects of analysis, evidence, exchange, and argumentation.
Class Description
This course surveys methods and theories of visual culture, including the rhetorics and discourses of images (still and moving), media (old and new), display, circulation, value, and interpretation. Topics explored will include: spectacle, reproduction, materiality, time, style, genre, archive, truth-value, and affectivity. Students will learn multi- and interdisciplinary uses of visual materials as objects of analysis, evidence, exchange, and argumentation.
Rules & Requirements
Repeat Rules
Course is not repeatable for credit.
Requirements class fulfills
Meets Arts & Literature, L&S Breadth
Reserved Seats
Current Enrollment
No Reserved Seats
Textbooks & Materials
See class syllabus or https://calstudentstore.berkeley.edu/textbooks for the most current information.
Guide to Open, Free, & Affordable Course Materials
Associated Sections
None