Language of Comics

Subject guarantor:

Vojtěch MAŠEK, Tomáš REZEK

Name of lecturer(s):

Vojtěch MAŠEK, Tomáš REZEK

Learning outcomes of the course unit:

The study aim is to acquaint students with the historical starting points and development of comics. To study in detail the basic principles of comics and gain a bearing in individual styles and current in the development of contemporary comics. To identify the common elements and differences between film and comics scripts.

Mode of study:

Classes, exercises

Prerequisites and co-requisites:

No requirements

Recommended optional programme components:

Visits to topical exhibitions. Discussions with comics' writers.

Course contents:

Historical, cultural-artistic and social-historical origins. Theory criteria for assessment and comic classification. Comics here are understood as a syncretic artistic genre using the aspects of at least 4 types of art: graphic, literary, film and drama.

The course focuses on the presentation of the particulars of comics semiotics and genre system. With the assistance of exercises the basic elements of comics genre basics are uncovered (the linkage of the visual and events of a saturated sequence based on the principle of editing and assembly). To enable the creation, in collaboration with illustrators, one's own comics script which will be finalized.

Students are also offered direct experience in the implementation of a comics script.

The course is comprised of the instructor's theory and history presentations, exercises and interactive implementation.

Recommended or required reading:

Groensteen, Thierry: Stavba komiksu. Host, Brno 2005

Kruml, Milan: Comics: stručné dějiny.Comics Centrum, Praha 2007

McCloud, Scott: Jak rozumět komiksu. BB/art s.r.o., Praha 2008

McCloud, Scott: Making Comics. HarperCollins, New York 2006

McCloud, Scott: Reinventing Comics. HarperCollins, New York 2000

Planned learning activities and teaching methods:

An analysis of comics as a form of mas communications and modern media in which several artistic genres a linked. An analysis of the cultural-artistic origins and classification of comics. A historical excursion into the world of comics and their genre predecessors. Exercises in the preparation of comics scripts and their subsequent analysis.

Assessment methods and criteria:

Requirements for course completion:

attendance and participation in class

completion and presentation of exercises

completion of the semester paper (script of a comics story on an assigned topic)

Course web page:

Note:

No comments

Schedule for winter semester 2013/2014:

The schedule has not yet been prepared

Schedule for summer semester 2013/2014:

	06:00–08:0008:00–10:0010:00–12:0012:00–14:0014:00–16:0016:00–18:0018:00–20:0020:00–22:0022:00–24:00
Mon	místnost 434 Učebna KSD 434 (Lažanský palác) REZEK T. 14:00–15:35 (paralelka 1)
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Date	Day	Time	Tutor	Location	Notes	No. of paralel
	Mon	14:00–15:35	REZEK T.	Učebna KSD 434 Lažanský palác		paralelka 1

The subject is a part of the following study plans:

• Scriptwriting and Dramaturgy - Bachelor (qualification subject)