090112 PS Auto/bio/historio/graphics: Graphic Novel in Contemporary Greece (2025S)
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Tu 29.04. 12:30-14:00
Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
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Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).
- Registration is open from Mo 03.02.2025 06:00 to We 26.02.2025 23:59
- Registration is open from Mo 17.03.2025 06:00 to Th 20.03.2025 14:00
- Deregistration possible until Mo 31.03.2025 23:59
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max. 14 participants
Language: English
Lecturers
Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N
- Tuesday 04.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
- Tuesday 11.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
- Tuesday 18.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
- Tuesday 25.03. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
- Tuesday 01.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
- N Tuesday 29.04. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
- Tuesday 06.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
- Tuesday 13.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
- Tuesday 27.05. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
- Tuesday 03.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
- Tuesday 10.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
- Tuesday 17.06. 12:30 - 14:00 Seminarraum d. Inst. f. Byzantinistik u. Neogräzistik, Postgasse 9, 2.Stock
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Aims, contents and method of the course
This seminar sets out to examine the notions of fiction, life-writing and historicity through the medium of comics. Focusing on several recent graphic novels published in Greece and connecting them to transnational debates, the course will explore a variety of ways in which, beyond just being a means of representation, comics can enrich our understanding of history, reframe mainstream narratives as well as draw attention to lesser known stories. We will address the questions, such as: what can comics as a form of knowledge contribute to the ways in which we frame historical events? How do comics negotiate the tension between the documentary and the aesthetic? What different roles does literary fiction assume in this process? The seminar will consist of six bi-weekly blocks, each dedicated to exploring a specific question and case study.
Assessment and permitted materials
Final essay between 2,500-3,000 words (50%), presentation (30%), creative response sharing a case study OR drawing a one page comic that responds to the seminar theme (20%)
Minimum requirements and assessment criteria
All evaluation components (final essay, presentation, creative response) must be accomplished in order to pass the course.
Examination topics
Detailed assessment guidelines and criteria will be shared during the first class.
Reading list
Sample reading list (detailed list to be provided on Moodle):
Apostolidis, Tassos and Papadatos, Alecos. Aristotle, Abrams, 2024.
Baetens, Jan. ‘Literary Adaptations in Comics and Graphic Novels’, in The
Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies, edited by Frederick Luis Aldama, Oxford
University Press, 2019.
Chaney, Michael A. (ed.) Graphic Subjects: Critical Essays on Autobiography
and Graphic Novels. Madison University of Wisconsin Press, 2011.
Chute, Hilary. ‘Comics as Literature? Reading Graphic Narrative’, PMLA 123: 2
(2008): 252-265.
Del Rey Cabero, Enrique, Goodrum, Michael, Morlesin Mellado, Josean. How to Study Comics & Graphic Novels: https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/how-to-study-comics-and-graphic-novels
Kelp-Stebbins, Katherine. How Comics Travel: Publication, Translation,
Radical Literacies. The Ohio State University Press, 2022.
Soloup, Aivali: A Story of Greeks and Turks in 1922, Somerset Hall Press, 2019
Zachari, Katerina and Sergiou, Stella. Wildcat behind Glass (based on eponymous
novel by Alki Zei), Metaichmio, 2021
Apostolidis, Tassos and Papadatos, Alecos. Aristotle, Abrams, 2024.
Baetens, Jan. ‘Literary Adaptations in Comics and Graphic Novels’, in The
Oxford Handbook of Comic Book Studies, edited by Frederick Luis Aldama, Oxford
University Press, 2019.
Chaney, Michael A. (ed.) Graphic Subjects: Critical Essays on Autobiography
and Graphic Novels. Madison University of Wisconsin Press, 2011.
Chute, Hilary. ‘Comics as Literature? Reading Graphic Narrative’, PMLA 123: 2
(2008): 252-265.
Del Rey Cabero, Enrique, Goodrum, Michael, Morlesin Mellado, Josean. How to Study Comics & Graphic Novels: https://www.torch.ox.ac.uk/how-to-study-comics-and-graphic-novels
Kelp-Stebbins, Katherine. How Comics Travel: Publication, Translation,
Radical Literacies. The Ohio State University Press, 2022.
Soloup, Aivali: A Story of Greeks and Turks in 1922, Somerset Hall Press, 2019
Zachari, Katerina and Sergiou, Stella. Wildcat behind Glass (based on eponymous
novel by Alki Zei), Metaichmio, 2021
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