ATS2285 German visual culture: Images and imagination
Faculty of Arts
ATS2285 German visual culture: Images and imagination is a level 2, 6-credit-point, undergraduate unit from the Faculty of Arts. It isn't offered in 2025. It needs ATS2094.
- Credit points
- 6
- Offered in 2025
- Not offered
- Assessment
- No exam
- 3 tasks
- Workload
- 144 hours
- per semester
This is the 2025 handbook entry. See the 2027 entry.
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Requisites
Before ATS2285
Prerequisites
Pass these before you enrol.
Prohibitions
You can't enrol if you have passed any of these.
After ATS2285
No unit lists ATS2285 as a prerequisite in the 2025 handbook.
Overview
The unit engages with the rich history of visual cultures in Germany, especially text-image relations in art, literature, film, and digital media: from the invention of print in Germany by Johannes Gutenberg in 1452 to today. The unit will focus on various significant hybrid forms of text-image combinations, from the early emblem books to texts in paintings; from text-image montages in literature (incl. Photo-Novel, Graphic Novel, Comic Books) to film, theatre, and on digital platforms.
The unit will address questions and develop skills to deal with contemporary challenges by looking at past and present forms of visual culture: How do we look at things? Is what we see informed or limited by what we know? How can we evaluate visual information compared to written information? How do we write about images? Do images impact on the way we write about the world?
Offerings in 2025
The 2025 handbook lists no offerings for ATS2285.
Assessment
- Presentation20%
- Online testQuiz / Test30%
- EssayWritten50%
Learning outcomes
When you finish this unit, you should be able to:
- 1
Discuss the specificities of German visual culture within the European context;
- 2
Analyse the implications of theoretical concepts for a broader understanding of visual and non-visual culture;
- 3
Identify and describe the ambiguities of cultural expressions through the analysis of different literary, artistic, psychological, philosophical, and filmic texts;
- 4
Undertake a research analysis of an important aspect of German visual culture, utilising primary and secondary-source material;
- 5
Collaborate on a project and present work orally;
- 6
Gain knowledge on the interconnectedness of image and text in non-academic contexts.
Workload and teaching
- Tutorials24 hours
- Teaching approachActive learning
Minimum total expected workload to achieve the learning outcomes for this unit is 144 hours per semester typically comprising a mixture of scheduled learning activities and independent study. Scheduled activities may include a combination of teacher directed learning, peer directed learning and online engagement.
This unit engages students in actively applying their knowledge, skills and attributes in interactive, collaborative and reflective activities.
Where it fits
ATS2285 is part of 3 areas of study in the 2025 handbook.
Contacts
- Unit Coordinators
- Associate Professor Axel Fliethmann
- Chief Examiners
- Associate Professor Christiane Weller
Common questions
What are the prerequisites for ATS2285?
You need ATS2094 before you enrol.
When is ATS2285 offered?
ATS2285 has no offerings listed in the 2025 handbook.
How much work is ATS2285?
The handbook expects about 144 hours of study across the semester. No students have rated its difficulty yet.
Does ATS2285 have an exam?
No. ATS2285 has 3 assessment tasks and no exam.
Which majors and minors include ATS2285?
ATS2285 is part of European languages.