In brief
Title - Intermedial Encounters Between Image, Music and Text – With and Beyond Roland Barthes
Organisers - Intermedia Studies at University of Edinburgh and Meiji University
Programme highlights - Five speakers, including two PhD students in Comparative Literature working on intermedial topics, Matthis Hervieux and Xingtong Zhou (both from University of Edinburgh)
About the workshop
"Image, Music, Text" is the name of the famous English-language essay anthology written by Roland Barthes and selected and translated by Stephen Heath in 1977.
In these pieces, Barthes asserts the importance of moving from author to reader and work to text via a series of reflections on and semiological investigations of film stills, musical and theatrical performances, photographs and written texts.
Taking example from Barthes’s intermedial practice and critical essays contributing to the theoretical framework of intermediality, this workshop will explore a diverse range of relationships between images, music and texts within and beyond the scope of Barthesian analyses.
See the full programme on the MSc Intermediality blog
How to join
The event is free, and everyone is welcome. Please book your ticket on Eventbrite.
When you register on Eventbrite, you will receive joining instructions for Zoom if you wish to attend the workshop online.
About Intermediality
Led by Professor Marion Schmid and Dr Fabien Arribert-Narce, this research strand interrogates the theory and practice of ‘intermediality’, that is, the interrelationships between different art forms and their signification.
With a particular focus on events, several jointly organised with Meiji University in Tokyo, the strand brings together academics, research students and practitioners to foster exchange and initiate new collaborative projects.
Are you interested in studying Intermediality?
As the first UNESCO World City of Literature, home of the Edinburgh International Festival and a major cultural hub, Edinburgh is the ideal place for the study of intermediality. Our one-year taught masters programme draws on world-class teaching and research expertise across media, from literature to film, music, painting, photography and visual culture more widely.
The programme will make you conversant with intermedial theory and equip you with the critical tools and historical background for understanding and analysing a wide range of intermedial phenomena across different periods and cultures. It can also be completed part-time over two years.
