ENGL 24037 - Is a Picture Worth a Thousand Words?

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Introduction to Image-Text Studies This course explores the inherent uncertainty in any attempt to assert a clear distinction between visual and verbal representation. Through a study of seminal figures in image-text studies-such as Horace, Aristotle, Gotthold Ephraim Lessing, Clement Greenberg, Jacques Derrida, and W.J.T. Mitchell-we will examine the persistently shifting yet productive interrelationship between text and image. We will apply such theoretical engagements not only to contemporary poets concerned with visuality, but also to contemporary visual artists concerned with textuality: Tom Phillips, Susan Howe, Douglas Kearney, Augusto de Campos, Jenny Holzer, Barbara Kruger, Bruce Nauman, Lawrence Weiner, Christopher Wool, Guerrilla Girls, and others. [AH]