Course detail

Comics - History and Present - summer

FaVU-KOHISO-LAcad. year: 2009/2010

Series of lectures focused on specific means of expression of comics.
Lectures reflect:
1) Linear history of media (from the 19th century until the present time) with the samples of works by key authors
2) Critical reflection of comics (from the notes of Rudolp Topffer to present theoretic studies of Scott McCloud or Thierry Groensteen)

Language of instruction

Czech

Number of ECTS credits

Mode of study

Not applicable.

Guarantor

MgA. Pavel Ryška, Ph.D.

Department

Department of Art History and Theory (KTDU)

Learning outcomes of the course unit

Development of comics from the first comic strips in English humoristic journals to contemporary graphic novels.
Connections and relations between comics and animated cartoons, literature and fine arts.

Prerequisites

None.

Co-requisites

Not applicable.

Planned learning activities and teaching methods

Teaching methods depend on the type of course unit as specified in the article 7 of BUT Rules for Studies and Examinations..

Assesment methods and criteria linked to learning outcomes

Test.

Course curriculum

1) Sci-fi comics.
2) Underground comics.
3) Comics in bookshops.
4) Comics in Czech lands (Czechoslovakia).
5) Comics in the 1980s and 1990s + Contemporary comics. Contemporary Czech comics.

Work placements

Not applicable.

Aims

To make students familiar with the essential part of the 20th century pop culture.

Specification of controlled education, way of implementation and compensation for absences

Lectures are optional.

Recommended optional programme components

Not applicable.

Prerequisites and corequisites

Not applicable.

Basic literature

Ishinomori Shotaro Japan, Inc. Introduction to Japanese Economics
Chikao Shiratori, Secret Comics Japan : Underground Comics Now
Chris Ware, Quimby the Mouse/Jimmy Corrigan
Alan Moore, Z Pekla

Type of course unit

Lecture

338 hod., optionally

Teacher / Lecturer

MgA. Pavel Ryška, Ph.D.

Syllabus

rozvrh přednášek v letním semestru:

VII.(16.2.)
Evropský a americký komiks 40. a 50. let

Ligne claire: Hergé a evropský komiks
Superhrdinové: J. Shuster a J. Siegel
Horrory a detektivky (Wired comics, Horror comics)
kritika a cenzura: Comics Code Autority - dr.Fr. Wertham

VIII. (2.3.)
Vědeckofantastický komiks

Z krypty do vesmíru - nové obsahy amerického mainstreamu 50. let
Fantastic Twins - J. Kirby, S. Lee

IX. (16.3.)
Underground Comix

Erotika, sex, pornografie, anarchie, politika-
Komiksy o všem a pro všechny, 60. a 70. léta
Komiksová komunita a (opět) dr.F. Wertham

X. (30.3.)
Novinové stripy, sešity, alba a on-line komiks

Komiksoví scénáristé: S. Lee, A. Moore
Pulitzerova cena za komiks: A.Spiegelman
Chris Ware - Acme Novelty Library
Světové archivy komiksu
Komiksové fanziny a magazíny (tištěné i elektronické)

XI. (13.4.)
Komiks v Čechách

Komiks v ČSR a ČSSR: F.Kobík, F.Šorel, V.Toman, K.Saudek...
Současný český komiks: P.Reisenauer, P.Bolf...

XII. (27.4.)
Komiksy 80. a 90. let + Současný komiks I.

Sh.Kago, H.Hino, David B., on-line comics: S. McCloud...

XIII. (11.5.)
Komiksy 80. a 90. let + Současný komiks II.

J. Doucet, A.Spiegelman, F. Mouly, M.Andersson, M.Mignola, P.Bagge, J.Hewlett...

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Parts

Comics - History and Present - summer

Type of course unit