IMN09 Language and Art of Interpretation

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2008
Extent and Intensity
1/1. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
doc. Mgr. Jana Horáková, Ph.D.
Department of Musicology – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Bc. Jitka Leflíková
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The goal of the course is to provide students with knowledge about interpretation strategies suitable in case of new media work of art.
Syllabus
  • Themes:
  • 1.) Means of interpretation (semiotics, structuralism, post-structuralism)
  • 2.) Video
  • 3.) Video- installation
  • 4.) Web (Net Art)
  • 5.) Hypertext
  • 6.) Virtual reality
  • 7.) Media as object
Literature
  • Hodrová, Daniela: …na okraji chaosu…Poetika literárního díla 20.století, Torst-Praha, 2001.
  • TRIBE, Mark and Reena JANA. New media art. Edited by Uta Grosenick. Köln: Taschen, 2006, 95 s. ISBN 3822830410. info
  • MARTIN, Sylvia. Video art. Edited by Uta Grosenick. Köln: Taschen, 2006, 95 s. ISBN 3822846740. info
  • ECO, Umberto and Ladislav NAGY. Meze interpretace. 1. české vyd. Praha: Karolinum, 2004, 330 s. ISBN 9788024607405. info
  • Art, lies and videotape : exposing performance. Edited by Adrian George. 1st pub. Liverpool: Tate, 2003, 99 s. ISBN 1854375253. info
  • BÍLEK, Petr A. Hledání jazyka interpretace :k modernímu prozaickému textu. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 2003, 360 s. ISBN 80-7294-080-5. info
  • GRAU, Oliver. Virtual art :from illusion to immersion. Cambridge, Massachusetts: MIT Press, 2003, xiv, 416 s. ISBN 0-262-07241-6. info
  • HAWKES, Terence. Strukturalismus a sémiotika. Vyd. 1. Praha: Host, 1999, 174 s. ISBN 80-86055-62-0. info
  • GRYGAR, Mojmír. Terminologický slovník českého strukturalismu :obecné pojmy estetiky a teorie umění : strukturalismus, struktura, vývoj umění, estetická funkce, norma, hodnota, znak, význam, osobnost, sémantické gesto. Vyd. 1. Brno: Host, 1999, 319 s. ISBN 80-86055-61-2. info
  • AUSLANDER, Philip. From acting to performance : essays in modernism and postmodernism. 1st publ. London: Routledge, 1997, x, 173. ISBN 0415157870. info
  • International postmodernism : theory and literary practice. Edited by Hans Bertens - Douwe Wessel Fokkema. Amsterdam: John Benjamins Publishing Company, 1997, xvi, 581 s. ISBN 90-272-3445-0. info
  • HARLAND, Richard. Superstructuralism : the philosophy of structuralism and post-structuralism [Harland, 1987, Methuen]. London: Methuen, 1987, x, 213 s. ISBN 0-416-03232-X. info
Assessment methods
Active participation in lectures, written essay (10 pages).
Language of instruction
Czech
Further Comments
The course is taught once in two years.
The course is taught: every week.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2009.
  • Enrolment Statistics (Autumn 2008, recent)
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