Universität Wien

124183 VK BEd 08b.3: VK Cultural Studies and Language Education (2023W)

Complex issues in a popular medium - Comics in the classroom

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

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Details

max. 25 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

  • Wednesday 18.10. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 25.10. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 08.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 15.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 22.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 29.11. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 06.12. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 13.12. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 10.01. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 17.01. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 24.01. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
  • Wednesday 31.01. 18:15 - 19:45 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

How can comics as a medium tackle complex topics from political conflicts to issues of mental health?

As a hybrid medium, comics or graphic narratives produce meaning at the intersection between verbal and visual images. Because of their high specificity, they are especially well-suited for developing analytical skills regarding medium-specific modes of meaning production. Taking a closer look at topics taken up by non-fiction comics, this format sets out to illustrate how the hybrid medium of comics approaches sensitive and difficult issues that shape
daily realities.
Analytical approaches will be based on semiotics, psychoanalytical theory, gender studies, queer theory, and postcolonial studies.
approaches taken will focus on how comics as a medium can be used in classroom settings and how a close analysis of this hybrid format helps to develop the overall media-literacy of students of English as verbal and visual images are not taken for granted but scrutinized for socio-cultural origin and meaning.

Assessment and permitted materials

Requirements:

Semi-weekly readings of secondary sources (available via Moodle)
Attendance and active participation in course discussions (a maximum of two absences [3 hrs] will be allowed);
An oral presentation (a teaching approach);
An abstract;
A term paper;
A final exam

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

• Active participation in class discussions: 20%
• Final exam: 20%
• Presentation (teaching approach): 20%
• Abstract: pass/fail
• Term paper: 40%

To pass the course, students need to attain at least 60% and complete all assignments.

Examination topics

Semi-weekly Readings
Materials/Concepts discussed in class

Reading list

Sacco, Joe. 2012. Journalism.Metropolitan Books.
Bechdel, Alison. Are you my mother? : a comic drama. London : Jonathan Cape.2012.
Bechdel, Alison. Fun home : a family tragicomic. Boston: Houghton Mifflin.2007.

Chute, Hillary. Graphic Women : Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics.New York: Columbia University Press.2010.
Dong, Lan. Teaching comics and graphic narratives : essays on theory, strategy and practice . Lan Dong (ed.).foreword by Robert G. Weiner. Jefferson, N.C.: McFarland.2012.
Oppolzer, Markus. Reading Autobiographical Comics: A Framework for Educational Settings. Berlin: Peter Lang.2020.
Worden, Daniel. The comics of Joe Sacco : journalism in a visual world. Jackson: University Press of Mississippi.2015.

Association in the course directory

Studium: BEd 046/407
Code/Modul: BEd 08b.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4686

Last modified: Tu 10.10.2023 17:47