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Lecturer(s)
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Koreshkova Iuliia
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Steenberg Rune, PhD.
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Pokorný Ondřej, Mgr. PhD.
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Turcsányi Richard, Ing. Mgr. Ph.D.
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Strafella Giorgio, PhD.
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Course content
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1. Course introduction; Japanese history 2. History of manga; manga as communications medium 3. Manga aesthetics and genre 4. History and technology of anime 5. Adaptation theory 6. Adaptations of foreign stories 7. Adaptations of domestic stories 8. Identity and gender 9. Identity and abjection 10. Identity and human ontology 11. War Games 12. War and Trauma 13. Anime and manga as transnational genres; Course wrap-up
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Learning activities and teaching methods
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unspecified
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Learning outcomes
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SS 2025/26: History of Japanese Comics In this course we will analyze manga (Japanese comics) and acompanying anime (Japanese animation). We will learn about the distinctive media characteristics of manga and anime and will practice analyzing manga and anime texts not simply as narratives but as narratives mediated through specific technologies with specific visual vocabulary.
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Prerequisites
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The course is primarily intended for students with knowledge of Japanese language and culture and students interested in the subject.
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Assessment methods and criteria
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unspecified
Reading (aproximately 20 chapters of individual comics, viewing about five episodes of anime and various anime clips, secondary sources about 100 pages), student choice of assignments (discussions, Moodle posts, quizzes, short papers), student choice of final (exam, paper, project)
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Recommended literature
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Azuma, H. (2009). Otaku: Japan?s Database Animals. Minneapolis.
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Corrigan, Timothy. Defining Adaptation. In The Oxford Handbook of Adaptation Studies, edited by Thomas Leitch, 23?35. Oxford University Press. 2017.
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Groensteen, Thierry. Stavba komiksu, Host, Brno 2005.
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Kořínek, P., Foret, M., Jareš, M. (2015). V panelech a bublinách. Praha.
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Lamarre, Thomas. The Multiplanar Image. Mechademia 1 (2006): 120?43.
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McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York: Harper Perennial. 1994.
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Ogi, Fusami. Gender Insubordination in Japanese Comics (Manga) for Girls. (In Illustrating Asia: Comics, Humor Magazines and Picture Books, edited by John A. Lent, 171?186). University of Hawaii Press. 2001.
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Schodt, F. (1986). Manga! Manga! The world of Japanese comics. New York.
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Wong, Wendy Siuyi. Globalizing Manga: From Japan to HK and Beyond. (Mechademia: 1 (2006): 23?45). .
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