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Wednesday, April 20, 2011

Job Opportunity

The Prime Focus group is one of the world’s largest integrated film, advertising and television post production and visual effects companies.

Find the Job Description & our requirement below.


Associate – Media Processing Services

Location: Bangalore
Experience: 0 yrs – 1 yrs
No. of Position: 10
Job Description
This role involves cataloguing / tagging video content. Should be able comprehend Hindi / English video content.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS

-         A flair for watching movies / serials/ shows
-         Computer knowledge and basic typing skills
-         Excellent in Hindi & English
-         Willing to work in shifts
-         Mass Communication / Media Background


For more information please logon to www.primefocustechnologies.com

If you are interested, kindly send your CVs to shwetha.hc@primefocusworld.com or contact on 96322 18099

Regards



Kanasu

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

A very short introduction to literary criticism- Jonathan Culler

Dear all,
here is the link to download the book by Jonathan Culler, the one that Mr. Pinto suggested. Please feel free to download and share it.
http://www.box.net/shared/dyv91jinhp

Sunday, July 05, 2009

Summary of "What is Literature?" by Terry Eagleton

Terry Eagleton was a student of Raymond Williams, the famous theorist who published the book 'Keywords'. Eagleton does not straight arrive on his argument and state evidence to prove his statement. In stead he examines all the ideas proposed about Literature, all the definitions provided for the same, then gradually unpacks them and finally points out his problems with them. Towards the end he arrives at his own idea and tries to define what Literature is. Mr. Pinto suggested that students take this route of reasoning while writing their research papers so that they do not end up summarizing their own argument in the first paragraph itself and would be exhausted. Descartes also emphasized on the importance of doubt in order to attain knowledge.

Some of the immediate ideas that Eagleton throws in are following:
He first examines if Literature is imaginative fiction or just fact. Literature can't be just one of these because it spans from newspapers to philosophical treatises to novels and poems. While newspapers maybe purportedly reporting facts and daily happenings, one may wonder why so many newspapers exist to do the same work. Though the question and its answer cannot be so simple, one can see that readership of different newspapers is dictated by the interesting/informative/humorous nature of reporting which distinguishes each paper. Also, this definition of literature seems to exclude texts that transcend pure writing like manga or comic books.

Then he comes to the formalist argument about literature. Mr Pinto first briefly explained why the fascination with formalism. It is so because formalism tried to break away from the existing norm and resorted to examining the medium itself: language. The Formalist definition: Literature is organized violence committed on ordinary speech. This definition focuses on how for a text to be valued as literature, the importance is to write in a certain way and use a particular register. This can be marked as the linguistic turn in literature. Register in linguistic simply means a variety of language used for a particular purpose or in a particular social setting. Looking at register as a "formality scale" and placing it in context of literature's formalist definition, we can say that when one shifted to using "very formal/printed word" language or "formal/archaic" words that were not used in ordinary conversation, the writing written so could be qualified as literature. Otherwise, as the signifier does not refer to the commonly known signified, for example, "thou unravished bride of quietness" (it is not necessary that the person is talking about the bride or it is not even necessary that the bride should exist). Formalists defy reference to such quasi mystical symbolism and draw attention to material reality. Formalists say that literature (poetry was particularly talked about) is not a vehicle for content/ideas because what is written could have been written by anybody else located in that time under those conditions. Preethi then asked, if this is not contradictory to the formalist argument of rejecting social background and its influence on the author's life and work. Mr Pinto agreed that it was indeed one of the shortcomings of the theory but even so, formalists paid more attention to the forms of writing like satire, allegory etc and explained that it is the nature of the form that makes the content what it becomes in the end.

Talking about estrangement, Eagleton says that if content is removed out of context and its own social reality, like Shakespeare read in today's time, it is estranged. One cannot comprehend it in context of social reality and it results in delayed gratification causing increase in interest. Thus, what is estranged might be sometimes qualified as literature. But this does not hold ground because even when misread/interpreted out of context, work does not cease to make sense completely because of the way people relate in their own ways to it irrespective of their social or chronological frames. So, we can say that literature has no "essence" or inherent common quality/ies across all the texts that are included in literature but rather something to do with the way the reader relates to it makes it literature. Mr. Pinto stated that Literature received its non-pragmatic license and special aura only after Romanticism.

But Literature cannot only be what people think it is because then everything will be literature. So, then literature is something that a particular group relates to for some reason and values it. What could be the possible reasons? Practicality/usefulness is not the reason because otherwise, Mill and Bentham would also be included in literature. The reasons change from time to time based on the values and concerns of that period. For example, Matthew Arnold emphasized on serious literature and Eliot did not regard Wordsworth as worthy of reading and brought in John Donne who until then was never considered. So, we can safely conclude with the help of the last paragraph of his essay that the preferences of people who are in a capacity to decide what constitutes literature are shaped by larger structures and value systems, those of class and other categories. We can also replace the larger preferences which can be classified into categories as ideology(?)

Eagleton concludes saying "

Thursday, May 24, 2007

Christ College BA (FEP) Functional/Communicative English Syllabus 2007 onwards

Functional English
COURSE STRUCTURE

Semester
SUBJECT CODE
SUBJECT TITLE
HOURS
MARKS
CREDITS
I
FUE 131
Introduction to Mass Communication
4
100
3
FUE 132
Computer and Communication
4
100
3
II
FUE 231
Applied Phonetics & Communication Skills
4
100
3
FUE 232
Introduction to Writing Skills
4
100
3
III
FUE 331
Writing for the Media - Print
4
100
3
FUE 332
Creative Writing
4
100
3
IV
FUE 431
Broadcasting Media – Radio
4
100
3
FUE 432
Basic Photography
4
100
3
V
FUE 531
Media laws and Ethics
5
100
4
FUE 532
Films and Television
5
100
4
VI
FUE 631
Advertising
5
100
4
FUE 632
Public Relations
5
100
4

Certificate Courses
SUB CODE
SUBJECT TITLE
SEMESTER
HOURS
CREDIT
FUE 101
Phonetics
I
2
2
FUE 201
Art and Architectural Criticism and Journalism
II
2
2
FUE 301
Public Speaking
III
2
2
FUE 401
Visual Culture
IV
2
2
FUE 501
Introduction to Film Studies
V
2
2




Christ College BA Optional English Syllabus 2007 onwards

Optional English
COURSE STRUCTURE

Semester
SUBJECT CODE
SUBJECT TITLE
HOURS
MARKS
CREDITS
I
OEN 131
British Literature: Anglo-Saxon to Early Victorian
5
100
4
II
OEN 231
British Literature: Late Victorian to the Present
5
100
4
III
OEN 331
American Literature
5
100
4
IV
OEN 431
Postcolonial Literature
5
100
4
V
OEN 531
Introduction to Literary criticism & Literary Theory
5
100
4
OEN 532
Indian Literatures in Translation
5
100
4
VI
OEN 631
World Literatures
5
100
4
OEN 642 a
OEN 642 b
OEN 642 c
Cultural Studies,
English language teaching,
Articulating woman
5
100
4

CERTIFICATE COURSES
SUB CODE
SUBJECT TITLE
SEMESTER
HOURS
CREDIT
OEN 101
Cultural Studies
I
2
2
OEN 201
Translation Studies
II
2
2
OEN 301
Semiotics
III
2
2
OEN 401
Philosophy
IV
2
2

Sunday, April 15, 2007

IFEP internships

DEPARTMENT OF MEDIA STUDIES

CHRIST COLLEGE, BANGALORE – 29

I FEP SUMMER INTERNSHIP – APRIL, MAY 2007

Guidelines:

  • Prepare a proposal in about 100 words and email it to me. The proposal should include name and address of the newspaper where you would be doing your internship, a brief write up on that newspaper, reasons for your choice of that particular newspaper, your plans during the internship and your opinion on how the internship will help you develop as an effective media person. The proposal should reach me on or before 24 April 2007.

  • You are to collect a diary from Mr Kennedy by showing the receipt for Rs 30 paid at the admission office. Make entries into the diary on day-to-day basis. Your diary entries should include the assignments you were given, details of how you went about doing the assignments, new things you learnt about the field, about yourself and your abilities that day. After a few days, the diary entries will look similar, clichéd and monotonous. It is up to you to find newness and creativity in your internship everyday.

  • During your internship in the newspapers, try to get as many by-lines as possible. They will carry a lot of weight on your CV later. However, you will soon realise that it is not easy to get them. Most of the time the news briefs or news stories that you write will be published under the title ‘From our staff correspondent’ or ‘_____ News Network.’ Do not lose heart.

  • Try to build as many contacts as possible both within the organisation and with people you meet in the field. You will realise the value of it during the internship and later as you try to climb the professional and social ladder.

  • Try and do challenging news stories or features. See if you can come up with your own topics for features or news stories. Remember journalism is literature in a hurry and has a very short life span. Therefore, timeliness of an article or news is the most crucial value that will prove your talent and ability. Your genius is not what will make you valuable but your consistency (Like Rahul Dravid, if I may say!).

  • Compile the copies of your published works regularly, be they briefs, news stories or features in a file. You will have to submit them along with your on-the-job reports when the college reopens.

  • . If you want some guidance, want to share your success or failure feel free to email me anytime.

Anil Pinto

15 April 2007 http://anilpinto.blogspot.com

------------------All the best------------------

Monday, March 26, 2007

Intership briefing

There is a meeting of all the IFEP students on Wednesday 28 at 11 am in IFEP classroom.

Agenda: Internship briefing by Abhaya and the dept.


PS: Teju, I havent received the corrected ids of the bouncing mails!

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Minor Thesis/ viva IFEP

Spoke to Solomon about the minor theses. He was very impressed and spoke very highly about the class. Some of the works theses were just amazing. I personally felt we were wasting our time given your abilities. I think you need to be challenged far beyond. What we now do must be child play for you.

Saturday, March 24, 2007

II FEP Summer interniship

(The note was prepared by Abhaya. I have made slight modifications to it.)


You can do your internship in one of the following fields:

Radio: AIR, FM
Television: CNN-IBN, NDTV, local channels,
Film production units - production side or script writing
Advertising agencies: client servicing or creative dept
Public relations: you get more exposure in a govt organisation like KPTCL, BWSSAB etc. private organisations are not ruled out.
Event management firms

Webportals/e-magazines


If you are going for magazine-print- prefer the design dept - page design - as you have got exposure in newspaper in the last internship

What do you have to keep in mind while working:
Keep every piece of paper you work on
The notes you take down while doing research
Make notes to prepare questionnaires
Any notes taken in a meeting

In some cases the final product may not be given to the intern; explain to your mentor in the organisation that the product/article/script will not be used for any profitable purposes and you need evidence of your work for the report. If not the entire corpus of the work get some samples. Attest those samples - either signature of your mentor or seal of the organisation


IMP: Get a letter from the organisation before you leave.

During research documentation is important:
Books: title of the book, name of the author, name of the publishing place, publishing house, year of the publication
Journals: title of the article, name of the author, title of the journal, volume no, issue no, year
Web: title, author, date of publication, date of access, URL

Collect the diary from the dept. Pay Rs.30 in the office, show the receipt and collect the diary.

Keep in touch with your guide regularly, at least once a week. You have the option of interning at the place of your choice. You need not search only in Bangalore. If you are working outside inform your guide, collect the email id and give yours so that you get reminders.

All the best. Enjoy yourselves.