CLS3150

Belief and perception

(ART)

Millicent Vladiv-Glover

8 points + 2 hours per week + First semester + Clayton + Prohibitions: SLA3170, RLT3150

Synopsis: The subject will examine examples of the concept of belief or faith and their derivatives (e.g., revelation, non-knowledge, negativity) in the context of various theoretical schools which model perception. These include pragmatism, psychoanalysis, phenomenology and post-structuralism. There will be some emphasis on the religious-semiotic writings or Pavel Florensky. The theory developmed in the subject will be applied to cultural texts to deconstruct cultural concepts and images ('sacrifice', 'death', 'Mother-of-God', 'Christ', 'hero', 'whore', 'myth', 'the sacred', etc.) but also to read or interpret literary works, art and film.

Assessment: Seminar paper (1500 words): 30% + Seminar paper (2500 words): 40% + Examination (2 hours) or an additional essay (2000 words): 30%