OSUN Theme: Global Justice
Visual Language of Hate and Dominance. Registration is CLOSED for this summer session.
Term: June 5, 2024 – July 11, 2024Levels: 200-Level; 300-Level
Day/Time: Wednesday; Thursday 9:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Instructor: Konstantin Gaitanzi, European Humanities University
The course is focused on history and practices of military propaganda in European poster design. The aim of the course is to impart to students the knowledge and competencies related to the history and practice of the propaganda poster, linking it to the European experience of authoritarianism and totalitarianism in the 20th century. The module consists of two main blocks, the titles of which refer to G. Orwell's novel 1984, which presents a highly accurate and compelling reflection on totalitarian societies. The first, "War is Peace," is a theoretical analysis of the political and aesthetic tools of military visual propaganda. The second "Oceania was at war with Eurasia; therefore Oceania had always been at war with Eurasia" is practical, when students, divided into two groups, create visual propaganda for two fictitious states - Oceania and Eurasia. The results are demonstrated and discussed in a final public seminar. On-line or off-line exhibitions are organized. The core texts are significant works of art history, social theory, fiction (both novel and short story).
Credits: 3 US / 6 ECTS