via University of Chicago
HUMA 16000-16100-16200. Media Aesthetics: Image, Text, Sound I-II-III.
Examines "a question central to humanistic thought across cultures and historical periods: How do different kinds of media allow us to perceive and represent our world"
Engages with "discussions of image, text, and sound in Plato, Shakespeare, Nietzsche, W. E. B. Du Bois, Alfred Hitchcock, Toni Morrison, and recent critical theory. Throughout, we develop attention to the 'aesthetics' of media by closely studying how specific aspects of complex works of art and literature lead audiences to think and feel in particular ways."
Texts on "images, imitation, and seeing":
Diego Velasquez's Las Meninas, Plato's Republic, Hitchcock's Vertigo, and Toni Morrison's The Bluest Eye
Texts on "writing, reading, and signs [which raise] distinctive challenges of interpretation, decoding, and translation."
Plato's Phaedrus, Shakespeare's The Tempest, Akira Kurosawa's Rashomon, and Alison Bechdel's Fun Home"
Texts on "sound, music, and listening":
" William Blake's Songs of Innocence and Experience, W.E.B. Du Bois's The Souls of Black Folk, Nietzsche's The Birth of Tragedy, contemporary albums, and sound art"