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    This document outlines a certificate course in understanding visual culture offered by the Dept of Media Studies at Christ College in Bangalore. The course objectives are to introduce students to translation studies and train them in translation. It is divided into two units - the first covers various theoretical approaches like iconography, art history, and semiotics. The second unit examines different media like fine art, photography, film, television and new media. The document also provides a bibliography of relevant books on visual culture, film theory, and cultural studies.

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    This document outlines a certificate course in understanding visual culture offered by the Dept of Media Studies at Christ College in Bangalore. The course objectives are to introduce students to translation studies and train them in translation. It is divided into two units - the first covers various theoretical approaches like iconography, art history, and semiotics. The second unit examines different media like fine art, photography, film, television and new media. The document also provides a bibliography of relevant books on visual culture, film theory, and cultural studies.

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    This document outlines a certificate course in understanding visual culture offered by the Dept of Media Studies at Christ College in Bangalore. The course objectives are to introduce students to translation studies and train them in translation. It is divided into two units - the first covers various theoretical approaches like iconography, art history, and semiotics. The second unit examines different media like fine art, photography, film, television and new media. The document also provides a bibliography of relevant books on visual culture, film theory, and cultural studies.

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    Dept of Media Studies

    Christ College (Autonomous), Bangalore

    Certificate Course in Understanding Visual Culture


    Objectives
    1. To introduce students to the area Translation Studies
    2. To train students in translation

    Unit 1
    Theory
    • Iconography
    • Form
    • Art History
    • Ideology
    • Semiotics
    • Hermeneutics

    Unit 2
    Media
    • Fine art
    • Photography
    • Film
    • Television
    • New Media

    Bibliography:
    Barthes, Roland. Mythologies. Trs Annette Lavers. London: Vintage, 1993.
    Carroll, Noel and Jinhee Choi. Philosophy of Film and Motion Pictures: An Anthology.
    Australia: Blackwell, 2006.
    Howells, Richard. Visual Culture. Polity: Cambridge, 2003.
    Nayar, Pramod K. Reading Culture: Theory, Praxis, Politics. New Delhi: Sage, 2006
    Thwites, Tony, Lloyd Davis, and Warwick Mules. Introducing Cultural and Media
    Studies: A Semiotic Approach. New York: Palgrave, Rpt 2005.

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