Universität Wien

123221 SE Literary Seminar / BA Paper / MA British/Irish/New English (2024S)

Words, images, full design: Analysing picturebooks

11.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik
Continuous assessment of course work
Moodle

Registration/Deregistration

Note: The time of your registration within the registration period has no effect on the allocation of places (no first come, first served).

Details

max. 15 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Friday 08.03. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 15.03. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 22.03. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 12.04. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 19.04. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 26.04. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 03.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 17.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 24.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 31.05. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 07.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 14.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 21.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19
  • Friday 28.06. 12:15 - 13:45 Raum 4 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-EG-19

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

The aim of the seminar is for students to get to know ways of analysing picturebooks, especially as concerns the construction of meaning via images, verbal text and design. We will read and discuss current picturebook theories and multimodal methodologies and apply both to a wide range of contemporary picturebooks for readers of all ages. Techniques such as anthropomorphisation or ecocriticism will be in the foreground as will the question of representational politics. Students will be assisted in developing a research question and writing a seminar (or bachelor) paper, to be submitted at the end of term.

Assessment and permitted materials

Independent reading, participation in discussions, development of research question and abstract, presentations, individual research papers

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

Attendance is obligatory. Two absences will be excused (no need to let me know in advance, unless you have taken over a presentation or something similar).
Assessment is based on the following:
- short presentations of theory papers on picturebooks (10 pts)
- a research question and abstract (10 pts)
- attendance and active participation in class (15 pts)
- presentation (20 pts)
- an academic paper of 6000 words (8000 for bachelor papers) (45 pts)

Each of these must be positive, i.e. more than 55%.

Max. 100 pts; overall pass rate: 60%
Grading scale:
100-91 Sehr Gut
90-81 Gut
80-71 Befriedigend
70-60 Genügend
59-0 Nicht Genügend

Examination topics

The materials necessary to prepare presentations and papers will be selected by students and/or provided in the course of the term.

Reading list

The picturebooks themselves will be supplied in class and selected by students individually or in groups. The theoretical materials will be available via moodle or in the library.
We will be reading, among others, chapters from The Routledge Companion to Picturebooks (ed. Kümmerling-Maybauer, 2018), Children reading pictures: New contexts and approaches to picturebooks (ed. Arizpe, Noble and Styles, 2023), Reading Visual Narratives (Painter et al., 2013), and The Edinburgh Companion to Children's Literature (ed. Beauvais and Nikolajeva, 2017).

Association in the course directory

Studium: BA 612, MA 844(2)
Code/Modul: BA10.2, MA 4.1, 4.2
Lehrinhalt: 12-0449

Last modified: Tu 05.03.2024 16:06