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124264 KO Critical Media Analysis (2011W)

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 Fr 16.09.2011 00:00 to Su 25.09.2011 23:59
Registration is open from Th 29.09.2011 14:00 to Tu 04.10.2011 23:59
Deregistration possible until Mo 31.10.2011 23:59

Details

max. 30 participants

Language: English

Lecturers

Ranthild Salzer

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Monday 10.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 17.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 24.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 31.10. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 07.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 14.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 21.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 28.11. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 05.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 12.12. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 09.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 16.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 23.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17
Monday 30.01. 12:00 - 14:00 Raum 5 Anglistik UniCampus Hof 8 3E-O1-17

Information

Aims, contents and method of the course

Comics/Sequential Art produce meaning at the intersection of text and visual image. So what are these specific mechanisms and images, and how do comics use them in order to invade our daily realities and construct their 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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