Course: Comics Studies

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Course title Comics Studies
Course code KZU/UTKM
Organizational form of instruction Seminary
Level of course Master
Year of study not specified
Semester Winter and summer
Number of ECTS credits 3
Language of instruction Czech
Status of course Compulsory-optional
Form of instruction Face-to-face
Work placements This is not an internship
Recommended optional programme components None
Course availability The course is available to visiting students
Lecturer(s)
  • Foret Martin, Mgr. Ph.D.
Course content
1st opening hours? Plan the course, content seminars, conditions of termination, the distribution of papers 2nd is not comics: genre? medium? Art? 3rd what is comic: a form? text? intermedium? 4th Comics and Literature (illustration, adaptation) 5th comics and art 6th comics and vs. film 7th brief history of comics 1 8th brief history of comics 2 9th study opportunities comics 10th ? language? 1 comics 11th ? language? comics 2 12th Czech Comics

Learning activities and teaching methods
Work with Text (with Book, Textbook)
Learning outcomes
The aim of this course is to introduce students deeply with the comics and its options of theoretical analysis. Comics is seen as a specific "intermedial" form and is approached with respect to the form (in generall) as well as to the content (in the variety of particular works). The topics are interconnected.
Students will get familiar with the basic theories of comics and its meaning. Students will be able to discuss comics with reference to theoretical findings.
Prerequisites
unspecified

Assessment methods and criteria
Seminar Work

Requirements for the colloquium: Active participation in seminars, assigned reading texts and preparing for seminars, successful management of the verification of knowledge of topics discussed in the debate over the week before the colloquium seminar handed works (at least 5 standard pages previously consulted on the subject).
Recommended literature
  • Clair, René - Tichý, Jaroslav. Comics, Státní nakladatelství dětské knihy, Praha 1967 .
  • ECO, Umberto. Skeptikové a těšitelé. Praha: Svoboda, 1995..
  • Gaumer Patrick - Moliterni Claude. Gaumer Patrick .
  • Groensteen, Thierry. Stavba komiksu, Host, Brno 2005.
  • Kruml, Milan. Comics: Stručné dějiny, ComicsCentrum, Praha 2007.
  • McCloud, Scott. Jak rozumět komiksu, BB art, Praha 2008.
  • Sabin, Roger. Adult Comics: an introduction, Routledge, London 1993 .
  • Sabin, Roger. Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels, Phaidon, London 2007.


Study plans that include the course
Faculty Study plan (Version) Category of Branch/Specialization Recommended year of study Recommended semester
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Journalism Studies specialization (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Media Analysis specialization (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Cultural Studies specialization (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -
Faculty: Faculty of Arts Study plan (Version): Media Studies - Communication Studies specialization (2019) Category: Journalism, library science and informatics - Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: -