| Course title | History of Japanese comics |
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| Course code | DAS/HJK |
| Organizational form of instruction | Lecture |
| Level of course | Bachelor |
| Year of study | not specified |
| Semester | Winter and summer |
| Number of ECTS credits | 6 |
| Language of instruction | Czech |
| Status of course | Compulsory-optional |
| Form of instruction | Face-to-face |
| Work placements | This is not an internship |
| Recommended optional programme components | None |
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| Course content |
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1. Course introduction; Japanese history 2. History of manga; manga as communications medium 3. Manga aesthetics and genre 4. History and technology of anime 5. Adaptation theory 6. Adaptations of foreign stories 7. Adaptations of domestic stories 8. Identity and gender 9. Identity and abjection 10. Identity and human ontology 11. War Games 12. War and Trauma 13. Anime and manga as transnational genres; Course wrap-up
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| Learning activities and teaching methods |
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| Learning outcomes |
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In this course we will analyze manga (Japanese comics) and acompanying anime (Japanese animation). We will learn about the distinctive media characteristics of manga and anime and will practice analyzing manga and anime texts not simply as narratives but as narratives mediated through specific technologies with specific visual vocabulary.
By the end of this course students will be able to: - Enumerate the broad genres of Japanese manga and anime. - Distinguish the visual vocabulary of various genres of manga and anime, and interpret who is the likely target audience. - Analyze visual and audio cues from manga and anime to support an argument about how the visual vocabulary creates meaning. - Produce an argumentative essay or creative project that comments on a manga or anime of their choice and explains how it relates to the themes covered in the course. |
| Prerequisites |
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The course is primarily intended for students with knowledge of Japanese language and culture and students interested in the subject.
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| Assessment methods and criteria |
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unspecified
Reading (aproximately 20 chapters of individual comics, viewing about five episodes of anime and various anime clips, secondary sources about 100 pages), student choice of assignments (discussions, Moodle posts, quizzes, short papers), student choice of final (exam, paper, project) |
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| Study plans that include the course |
| Faculty | Study plan (Version) | Category of Branch/Specialization | Recommended semester | |
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| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Asian Studies (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2023) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Japanese Philology (2019_24) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Asian Studies, Specialization Japanese Language and Culture (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |
| Faculty: Faculty of Arts | Study plan (Version): Chinese Studies (2019) | Category: Philological sciences | - | Recommended year of study:-, Recommended semester: - |