FAVKh017 Worlds to be Continued: Serial Fiction Poetics

Faculty of Arts
Autumn 2024
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Patrycja Astrid Twardowska
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is only offered to the students of the study fields the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
Course objectives
The lecture is built upon the assumption that fictional stories presented as serials have been a longstanding part of nearly everyday experience with narrative arts; capitalizing on the case of TV shows, it presents the intellectual framework, research background and analytical tools to effectively describe, explore and explain the phenomenon of serial fiction.
The approach is theoretically grounded in serial fiction poetics, which aims to (1) present a systemic explanation of serial fiction, (2) capture the variability of artistic possibilities of serial narrative and, (3) offer tools for the analysis of actual serial works.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course, the student will have been able to: - understand the serial narrative as a specific phenomenon of fiction structure;
- understand the laws of the functioning of a serial structure of the fictional macrocosm by the so-called five types of serialism;
- understand the range of artistic possibilities used by TV series creators in the field of narration and fictional macrocosm;
- carefully analyze specific serial works.
Syllabus
  • 1. Resources
    2. Seriality as a system
    3. Seriality as a registry of artistic possibilities
    4. Seriality as analytical background
    Instruction for combined students:
  • Instruction is set up to consist of an introductory lecture and two longer Q&A Saturday meetings during the semester where the teacher meets with students to clarify unclear parts of the semester's instruction. This follows the book WORLDS TO BE CONTINUED, which will be made available to students in the teaching materials, and also takes the form of audio-visual recordings of all lectures for full-time students, which supplement the book's interpretation with further analysis and explanatory frameworks, although the examination will be based on the material in the book, which thus constitutes the main study support. The teaching materials will also include episodes of television series that will be analyzed in each full-time class, thus giving the semester's material the full equivalent of full-time service.
Literature
  • KOKEŠ, Radomír D. Světy na pokračování. Rozbor možností seriálového vyprávění (Worlds To Be Continued. Analysing Possibilities of Serial Narrativity). Praha: Filip Tomáš – Akropolis, 2016, 240 pp. ISBN 978-80-7470-146-7. Autorovy stránky o knize. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, analysis, Q&A. Contact lectures will be available in audiovisual recordings for students of the combined form of study and will be devoted to introducing issues and selected topics that are not supported in the required and recommended literature.
Assessment methods
Written test on the lectured subject and given literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Study support
https://is.muni.cz/auth/el/phil/podzim2024/FAVKh017/index.qwarp
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in three years.
The course is taught: every week.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Spring 2022.
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