LOYOLA COLLEGE (AUTONOMOUS), CHENNAI – 600 034
M.Sc. DEGREE EXAMINATION – VISUAL COMM.
SECOND SEMESTER – April 2009
VC 2802 - THEORIES OF VISUAL ANALYSIS
Date & Time: 22/04/2009 / 1:00 - 4:00
Dept. No.
PART- A
Answer all the following questions in 50 words each.
TG 15
Max. : 100 Marks
10 x 2 = 20
1. Feminisms
2. Myth
3. Object of desire
4. Inversion
5. Materialism
6. Castration anxiety
7. Ideology
8. Sound sign
9. Dream work
10. Slippery sign
PART - B
Answer any FIVE questions not exceeding 200 words each.
5 x 8 = 40
11. Ideology is false consciousness - Explain.
12. Comment on this statement “Man made language”.
13. Explain the class nature of media.
14. Write about the signification process.
15. Explain the Lacanian concept of Unconscious.
16. The text is created by its readers - discuss.
17. What is mirror stage? Explain.
PART - C
Answer any TWO questions in about 400 words each.
18. Write the process of semiotic analysis of a media text.
19. Male gaze in cinema - Discuss.
20. Explain the imaginary, symbolic and the real.
21. Popular media reinforces the dominant ideology - Discuss.
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2 x 20 = 40