124262 KO Critical Media Analysis (2012S)

Comics as a Means of Constructing Realities

6.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 12 - Anglistik

Continuous assessment of course work

It is MANDATORY for ALL STUDENTS, who have sucessfully signed up for this course, to be PRESENT at the first class session. If not students will be removed from the attendance list and their spot will be made available to other students.

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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).

Registration is open from Mo 20.02.2012 00:00 to Su 26.02.2012 23:59
Registration is open from We 29.02.2012 00:00 to Su 04.03.2012 23:59
Deregistration possible until Sa 31.03.2012 23:59

Details

max. 30 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Ranthild Salzer

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

    
    Wednesday
    14.03.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    21.03.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    28.03.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    18.04.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    25.04.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    02.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    09.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    16.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    23.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    30.05.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    06.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    13.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    20.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21
    
    Wednesday
    27.06.
    10:00 - 12:00
    Helene-Richter-Saal UniCampus Hof 8 3G-EG-21

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Comics and Sequential Art can be thought of as a hybrid, a crossbreeding between text and image, producing meaning at the intersection of word and picture.

What are its specific mechanisms, and how does the comics medium use them in order to invade our daily realities and construct its own?

Assessment and permitted materials

Participants will be asked to give oral presentations and hand in written assignments.
There will be a written exam the end of the semester.

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

The course will tackle the following questions:

How do comics use specific cultural backgrounds/ information to produce meaning?
How important is the intertextual character of comics and graphic novels?
How do certain types of genre comics create and develop protagonist archetypes?
How do comics treat timportant topics , such as "identity", "the abject", "otherness" and "gender discourse"?

Examination topics

During this course students will receive an introduction into various genres of anglophone comics and critically discuss and analyze the realities mediated and constructed in these comics.

Students will be asked to read a selection of primary texts as well as selected articles from the list of secondary literature provided.

Reading list

Scott McCloud, Understanding Comics.
Bechdel, Alison. Fun Home: A Family Tragicomic.
Morrison, Grant. Arkham Asylum: A Serious House on Serious Earth.
Sacco, Joe. Palestine
Spiegelman, Art. Maus II

Association in the course directory

Studium: Diplom 343, UF 344, BA 612
Code/Modul: Diplom 426/428, 436/438, 526/528, 536/538, 721-723, UF 4.2.5-426, BA07.3
Lehrinhalt: 12-4260

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