SEMIOTICS OF IMAGE
- Course
- GRDE503 - SEMIOTICS OF IMAGE
- Department
- Graphic Design - English - Master
- Course Type
- Course
- Status
- Required
- Language
- English
- Credit
- 3
- ECTS
- 8
- T+P+L
- 3 + 0 + 0
- Course Coordinator(s)
- -
- Prerequisite
- -
- Keywords
Course Description
This course explores the relationship between image and meaning. Students learn and use visual semiotic analysis approach. Advertisements, signs, symbols, films and everyday objects may be the subject of research. Art exhibitions and artwork are also suitable for research environments. The connection between image and meaning is examined in the context of Barthes, Panofsky and Fiske's theories. The relationship between signifier, signifier, sign, semantic definitions, semantic, syntactic and functional analysis methods are investigated and evaluated. Students write observations and semiotic analyzes and report on related topics. Visual materials such as exhibitions, works of art and films can be considered as a subject for examinations.
SEMIOTICS OF IMAGE
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Course Syllabus
| Week | Topic |
|---|---|
| Week 1 | WEEK-1: WHAT IS SEMIOTICS? |
| Week 2 | WEEK-2: ICON-INDEX-SYMBOL |
| Week 3 | WEEK-3: CASE STUDY AESCULAP & CADUCEUS |
| Week 4 | WEEK-4: CASE STUDY ANALYSIS |
| Week 5 | WEEK-5: CLASS DISCUSSIONS |
| Week 6 | WEEK-6: WHERE DO THE SYMBOLS COME FROM |
| Week 7 | WEEK-7: CLASS DISCUSSIONS |
| Week 8 | MIDTERM WEEK |
| Week 9 | WEEK-9: CLASS DISCUSSIONS |
| Week 10 | WEEK-10: SEMIOTICAL APPROACH TO ARCHETYPES |
| Week 11 | WEEK-11: CASE STUDY ON ADVERTISEMENTS |
| Week 12 | WEEK-12: CASE STUDY ON TITLE SEQUENCES |
| Week 13 | WEEK-13: CLASS DISCUSSIONS |
| Week 14 | WEEK-14: CASE STUDY ON MOVIES |
| Week 15 | WEEK-15: CLASS DISCUSSIONS |
Reference Books & Course Materials
- 01 WAYS OF SEEING, JOHN BERGER
- 02 LECTURER'S NOTES
- 03 MYTHOLOGIES, ROLAND BARTHES, LINK FOR PDF: https://soundenvironments.files.wordpress.com/2011/11/roland-barthes-mythologies.pdf
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