LMKB_a426 Extending the Scope of Narratology: Transmediality and the Case of Graphic Narratives

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2020
Extent and Intensity
0/2/0. 4 credit(s). Type of Completion: z (credit).
Teacher(s)
Prof. Raphaël Baroni (lecturer), Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (deputy)
Mgr. Zuzana Fonioková, Ph.D. (seminar tutor)
Guaranteed by
doc. PhDr. Zbyněk Fišer, Ph.D.
Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Mgr. Eva Zachová
Supplier department: Department of Czech Literature – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Tue 14. 4. 14:00–17:40 C33, Wed 15. 4. 16:00–19:40 B2.43, Thu 16. 4. 12:00–15:40 D22
Prerequisites
the abilitity to read texts and follow discussions in English
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
The capacity limit for the course is 30 student(s).
Current registration and enrolment status: enrolled: 0/30, only registered: 0/30, only registered with preference (fields directly associated with the programme): 0/30
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
Narratology was born out of the realization that the horizon of narrativity was beyond the scope of literary theory. However, for a long period of time, narrative theory was reluctant to emancipate itself from its initial perimeter. As a result, a number of concepts became embedded in definitions that made them difficult to transfer to non-verbal forms. In this workshop, we will focus on graphic narratives in order to highlight the transferability of concepts designed in literary studies, to reflect on the specificity of graphic incarnations of stories, and to see how and in what sense intermedial comparisons can help us to improve our understanding of narrativity in general. The active participation of students will be encouraged: many case studies will be presented and discussed in class, mostly European and American comics, graphic novels, and graphic memoires. The last session will extend the reflection to transmedia storytelling and commercial franchise.
Syllabus
  • • Session 1: Reopening an old debate: can we tell events by just showing them?
  • • Session 2: On the specificities of graphic narratives I: narrator, monstrator, graphiator.
  • • Session 3: On the specificities of graphic narratives II: focalization and point of view are not the same thing…
  • • Session 4: On the specificities of graphic narratives III: projecting time on the surface of the page. Articulations, architectures and dramatizations of time-travels.
  • • Session 5: On the specificities of graphic narratives IV: toward the transmedial conception of fictionality.
  • • Session 6: Telling a Transmedial Universe: hierarchies and plots in contemporary franchise.
Teaching methods
seminars, lectures, discussions, pre-class reading
Assessment methods
Students are expected to participate in at least four sessions (ideally all six sessions). After the course, students will hand in a report (in English or in Czech) on three sessions of their own choice. The report on each session will include a critical summary of the assigned reading, the main ideas discussed in class, and the student's own reflection.
Language of instruction
English
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught only once.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: 0.
Teacher's information
14-16 April 2020 only. Course by the visiting scholar Prof. Raphaël Baroni from the University of Lausanne. https://applicationspub.unil.ch/interpub/noauth/php/Un/UnPers.php?PerNum=890408&LanCode=8
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