LET-ACWB105-ACS
Image, Music and Text Analysis
Course infoSchedule
Course moduleLET-ACWB105-ACS
Credits (ECTS)10
CategoryB1 (First year bachelor)
Language of instructionEnglish
Offered byRadboud University; Faculty of Arts; Cultural Studies;
Lecturer(s)
PreviousNext 2
Lecturer
dr. J.J.M.J. Boom
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Examiner
dr. F. Van Dam
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Contactperson for the course
dr. F. Van Dam
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Lecturer
dr. F. Van Dam
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Coordinator
dr. F. Van Dam
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Academic year2021
Period
PER 1-PER 2  (30/08/2021 to 30/01/2022)
Starting block
PER 1
Course mode
full-time
Remarks-
Registration using OSIRISYes
Course open to students from other facultiesNo
Pre-registrationNo
Waiting listNo
Placement procedure-
Aims
After completing the course, students are able to:
  • apply the most commonly used models for the analysis of prose narratives and poems;
    analyse specific literary texts with the help of classic poetry analysis and structuralist narratology and connect analyses with interpretations, reported through written and oral presentations, produced both individually as well as part of a group;
  • apply the most commonly used models for the analysis of classical, composed and popular music, methods to which listening is central;
  • analyse specific pieces of music and connect analysis with interpretation, reported through written and oral presentations, produced both individually as well as part of a group;
  • name the formal characteristics of musical compositions and articulate a personal and analytical listening experience by applying newly gained knowledge about music history, music analysis and music sociology;
  • apply the most commonly used models for the analysis of images;
  • analyse all formal characteristics of film and other types of image and connect analyses with interpretations, reported through written and oral presentations, produced both individually as well as part of a group, taking into the account the cultural and societal contexts in which images were produced and received.
Content
It is almost impossible to communicate about art without analysis. Analysis reveals the parts of an art object with the help of a general frame of critical concepts. This takes practice and careful consideration, because not every general concept can be applied to one specific work of art. The peculiarities you will discover in the analysis of a work will serve as the tools in its interpretation.

Text: you will investigate the structure of both prose (Amsterdam) and poetry (The Bees). Which forms of repetition and imagery can be found in literary texts? Which roles can narrators play in stories? These and other questions constitute points of departure for the exact analytical readings of texts. As will be shown, literary techniques also play an important role in a variety of texts like advertisements and pop lyrics.

Music: you will be introduced to the fundamental elements of music theory such as musical notation, time, intervals, scales and chords. Next to that, you will learn to literally use your ears and think anew about music. You will investigate how musical effects are achieved and how they may influence listeners. A variety of musical fragments will be analysed in the process.

Image: on the basis of the Film Art book, you will learn to analyse elements of images like narrative structure, mise-en-scène, camera movement, sound and montage. The emphasis in this course will be on feature films, but all of the elements dealt with also occur in other forms of visual art such as paintings, documentaries or pop videos.
Level

Presumed foreknowledge

Test information

Specifics

Required materials
Book
ISBN:9781259253317
Title:Film Art: An Introduction
Author:David Bordwell, Kristin Thompson, Jeff Smith.
Publisher:New York: McGraw-Hill, 2017.
Edition:12
Book
ISBN:9789463720830
Title:The Life of Texts. An Introduction to Literary Studies
Author:Kiene Brillenburg Wurth en Ann Rigney
Publisher:Amsterdam University Press, 2019

Recommended materials
Book
ISBN:9780194333504
Title:Oxford Learner’s Dictionary of Academic English. Oxford: Oxford UP, 2014. Print.
Book
ISBN:9781603292627
Title:MLA Handbook: EIGHTH EDITION (2016). Print or e-book. Please note that earlier editions cannot be used.

Instructional modes
At-home PER1 gel1
Attendance MandatoryYes

At-home PER2 gel2
Attendance MandatoryYes

Lecture + film
Attendance MandatoryYes

Seminar
Attendance MandatoryYes

General
Lectures and practical seminars for Text and Music. These are supplemented with a compulsory group concert attendance. During the Image part, there will be two lectures of 2 hours a week with many film screenings. There are no practical seminars for Image, but there are obligatory film screenings.

Remark
The course has its own website, which includes all literature and objects of analysis.

Tests
Text, Portfolio
Test weight34
Test typeProject
OpportunitiesBlock PER 2, Block PER 3

Minimum grade
5,5

Music, Portfolio
Test weight33
Test typeProject
OpportunitiesBlock PER 1, Block PER 2

Minimum grade
5,5

Image, Written exam
Test weight26
Test typeWritten exam
OpportunitiesBlock PER 1, Block PER 2

Minimum grade
5,5

Image, Portfolio
Test weight7
Test typeProject
OpportunitiesBlock PER 1, Block PER 2

Minimum grade
5,5