MPC 210 Study Guide - Final Guide: Roland Barthes, John Berger, Truth Function
16 Feb 2018
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How representation and reality relate // interact // transform idea of reality. Theoretical problems: ways to look at visual // media literacy -works of art//film. Salient issues: how we come to terms and analyze with reality // flood of images and information in the oversaturated media landscape (politics) History in perspective of what is reality. Short answers: response to 4 quotes from specific reading. Reflection of the world the way it is (mimesis, imitation, reflection) The world and its meaning is constructed (context, systems of relation, language) Participate in visual language communicate on basic & complex bases. Plato cave allegory - simulation of the truth // function of mythology. Role of philosopher is to discover the truth to bring back. Various treacherous ways his version of reality may not be accepted. How certain representation stand in for reality. Treachery of images (ren magritte) - playing with notion of sign system in representation of reality.
