Essays about: "iconic reading"

Found 2 essays containing the words iconic reading.

1. 1. Text, Image, and Nostalgia in Two Versions of F. Scott Fitzgerald's "The Rich Boy"

   University essay from Linnéuniversitetet/Institutionen för språk (SPR)

   Author : Lara María Rodríguez Sieweke; [2018]
   Keywords : F. Scott Fitzgerald; “The Rich Boy”; F.R. Gruger; José Luis Ágreda; short stories; illustrations; advertisements; magazines; intermediality; word-image discussions; nostalgia;

   Abstract : Abstract This thesis attempts to contribute to both intermedial studies and F. Scott Fitzgerald scholarship by studying the text-illustration interplay in two versions of “The Rich Boy”. READ MORE

3. 2. Re-thinking Abu Ghraib: A Discussion on the Abu Ghraib Images beyond the Iconic Reading

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Nina Kurdve; [2012]
   Keywords : Nina Kurdve; Kurdve; Abu Ghraib; Iraq; war on terror; representations of violence; abject; abjection; icon; iconic reading; digital context; the screen; we them; three sites of meaning; Kristeva; WJT Mitchell; Arts and Architecture;

   Abstract : The research objective for this thesis are two problematic yet interweaving occurrences observed in earlier research on the Abu Ghraib scandal (2004) and its image material. Firstly in terms of methodology, a restricted amount of images in which three single images, “Hooded Man”, “Man on Leash” and “Piled Bodies” are overrepresented and frequently regarded as descriptive for the scandal as such. READ MORE