Modern Languages and Cultures |
The information contained in this module specification was correct at the time of publication but may be subject to change, either during the session because of unforeseen circumstances, or following review of the module at the end of the session. Queries about the module should be directed to the member of staff with responsibility for the module. |
Title | COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: MEMORY AND TRANSCULTURAL MOBILITY | ||
Code | MODL326 | ||
Coordinator |
Dr B Spadaro Modern Languages and Cultures B.Spadaro@liverpool.ac.uk |
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Year | CATS Level | Semester | CATS Value |
Session 2019-20 | Level 6 FHEQ | First Semester | 15 |
Pre-requisites before taking this module (other modules and/or general educational/academic requirements): |
Modules for which this module is a pre-requisite: |
Co-requisite modules: |
Teaching Schedule |
Lectures | Seminars | Tutorials | Lab Practicals | Fieldwork Placement | Other | TOTAL | |
Study Hours |
11 |
11 |
2 |
24 | |||
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Private Study | 126 | ||||||
TOTAL HOURS | 150 |
Assessment |
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EXAM | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
Notes |
CONTINUOUS | Duration | Timing (Semester) |
% of final mark |
Resit/resubmission opportunity |
Penalty for late submission |
Notes |
Project Essay There is a resit opportunity. Standard UoL penalty applies for late submission. This is an anonymous assessment. | 3000 words | 70 | ||||
Presentation - two reviews of 500 - 750 words. There is a resit opportunity. This is not an anonymous assessment. | 15 minutes | 30 |
Aims |
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To broaden students’ perception of comics exploring different contexts of development of comics industries and their transnational connections since the 20th century; To introduce students to scholarship that reads contemporary changes in the cultural practices and media structures through the comic medium; To make students aware of the breadth and potential of graphic narratives by examining different genres, such as autobiography, testimony and reportage, as well as the different forms (printed and digital) in which they emerge and circulate; To give students an understanding of how graphic narratives of transcultural experiences visualize the relationship between mobility (understood as both spatial and cultural) and memory; To develop student’s ability and confidence in multilingual learning processes (i.e. collaborative learning processes where the multiple languages involved in their study are not entirely familiar to them). |
Learning Outcomes |
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(LO1) A broad knowledge of the development of comics as a medium since the 20th century, across multiple linguistic and cultural contexts of the development of comics industries. |
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(LO2) An ability to engage with recent scholarly debates on comics and contemporary media structures. |
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(LO3) An awareness of the multiple genres of graphic narratives and their development across linguistic and mnemonic formations. |
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(LO4) An ability to read cultural mobility in the 21st century through the expanding medium of comics. |
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(S1) Communication (oral, written and visual) – Presentation skills – Oral |
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(S2) Communication (oral, written and visual) – Academic writing (inc. referencing skills) |
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(S3) Critical thinking and problem solving – Critical analysis |
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(S4) Communication (oral, written and visual) – Media analysis |
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(S5) Global citizenship – Cultural awareness |
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(S6) Personal attributes and qualities – Independence |
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(S7) Research Skills – independent analysis |
Teaching and Learning Strategies |
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Teaching Method 1 - Lecture Teaching Method 2 - Seminar Teaching Method 3 - Tutorial |
Syllabus |
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Topics covered may include: Comics as literature (genres and critical questions); Comics as media of memory and history; Comics and Colonialism; Comics and Slavery; Graphic narratives of migration; Postcolonial comics; Graphic journalism; Transmedia; Webcomics. Authors may include: Cyril Pedrosa; Hergé; Warren Pleece; Hugo Pratt; Zerocalcare; Kate Evans; Alessandro Tota and Caterina Sansone; Shaun Tan; Marguerite Abouet and Clément Oubrerie; Art Spiegelman; Nina Bunjevac; Marjane Satrapi; Takoua Ben Mohamed; Matt Huynh; Sam Wallman. |
Recommended Texts |
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Reading lists are managed at readinglists.liverpool.ac.uk. Click here to access the reading lists for this module. |