COURSE UNIT TITLE

: HISTORY OF GRAPHIC STORYTELLING

DEGREE PROGRAMMES

Description of Individual Course Units

Course Unit Code Course Unit Title Type Of Course D U L ECTS
GRA 5131 HISTORY OF GRAPHIC STORYTELLING ELECTIVE 3 0 0 6

Offered By

Graphic

Level of Course Unit

Second Cycle Programmes (Master's Degree)

Course Coordinator

ASISTANT PROFESSOR MEHMET KORKUT ÖZTEKIN

Offered to

Graphic

Course Objective

Seminars, which explore the evolution and the rise of the graphic storytelling medias such as comics, cartoon and caricature under the socio-economical circumstances of history of civilization.

Learning Outcomes of the Course Unit

1   Exploration the samples of artistic productivity and experimental sensitivity on the course of graphic storytelling history on master s level.
2   To gain master s level knowledge on several fore most illustration and design techniques from development history of graphic storytelling
3   To gain mastery over creative thinking and idea development
4   To become a self imposing, self-reliant, self promoting master creator and entrepreneur
5   To gain knowledge about several illustration techniques on master level
6   To gain expertise on graphic storytelling techniques
7   To focus on a specific illustration technique and gain mastery over it
8   To receive help and advise for career planning for illustrators

Mode of Delivery

Face -to- Face

Prerequisites and Co-requisites

None

Recomended Optional Programme Components

None

Course Contents

Week Subject Description
1 Presentation of the course, introduction of the schedule
2 First samples: Cave paintings, Bayoux Tapestry, Trajan Column
3 Illuminators and illuminated manuscripts, birth of bandrole and Mayan codex
4 Writing and pictures: ideograms, phonograms, pictograms and logograms
5 Enters the broadsheet: Printing and sequential depiction
6 Rise of the sequential storytelling in Europe
7 Free Seminar Day
8 Franz Masereel
9 Japonism; Hiroshige in Europe
10 Belgium and the birth of the book piracy
11 Rise of British comics
12 Immigrants and comics
13 Free Seminar Day
14 Free Seminar Day

Recomended or Required Reading

Comics, Comix & Graphic Novels: A History Of Comic Art
Roger Sabin, Phaidon press, ISBN-10: 0714839930, ISBN-13: 978-0714839936
Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art
Scott McCloud, William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN-10: 006097625X, ISBN-13: 978-0060976255
Reinventing Comics: How Imagination And Technology Revolutionizing an art form
Scott McCloud, Scott McCloud, William Morrow Paperbacks, ISBN-10: 0060953500, ISBN-13: 978-0060953508
Adult Manga: Culture and Power in Contemporary Japanese Society
Sharon Kinsella, Routledge, Ocak 2000, ISBN-10: 0700710043,ISBN-13: 978-0700710041
Manga Bir Kültürel Direniş Aracı
Mehmet Korkut ÖZTEKIN, Iletişim Yayınları, 2012 Istanbul, ISBN-13: 978-975-05-0969-8
Yardımcı kaynaklar:
Masters of Comic Art , Belgesel
Yönetmen/Yapımcı: Ken Viola, 1 Ocak 1987, A.B.D., 60 dakika
Moebius Redux: A Life in Pictures , Belgesel
Yapımcı: Edda Baumann Von Broen, Bart Simpson, Yönetmen: Hasko Baumann, 2007 Almanya, 68 dakika

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Informative seminars and audio-visual presentations on history of graphic storytelling with art projects development, research papers and a final master class exhibition.

Assessment Methods

SORTING NUMBER SHORT CODE LONG CODE FORMULA
1 ASG ASSIGNMENT
2 FCG FINAL COURSE GRADE
3 FCGR FINAL COURSE GRADE (RESIT) ASG * 0.40 + FCG * 0.60
4 RST RESIT
5 RST RESIT ASG * 0.40 + RST * 0.60


Further Notes About Assessment Methods

Participants have to prepare two research papers and a seminar in the context of the course

Assessment Criteria

Participants shall fallow the chronological seminars on history of graphic storytelling and join in-class discussions. On the other hand, the students have to prepare two research papers enriched by strong audio visual resources in single term. Afterwards they chose one of these papers and present the content to undergraduates. Uniqueness, hardworking and participation shall be awarded. To cheat, plagiarism and mockery are absolutely forbidden and shall be heavily punishable by any academic means.

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Course Policies and Rules

To cheat, plagiarism and mockery are absolutely forbidden and shall be heavily punishable by any academic means.

Contact Details for the Lecturer(s)

korkut.oztekin@deu.edu.tr, korkut.oztekin@gmail.com

Office Hours

To be announced.

Work Placement(s)

None

Workload Calculation

Activities Number Time (hours) Total Work Load (hours)
Instruction 15 3 45
Paper preperation 2 30 60
Presentation 2 20 40
TOTAL WORKLOAD (hours) 145

Contribution of Learning Outcomes to Programme Outcomes

PO/LOPO.1PO.2PO.3PO.4PO.5PO.6PO.7PO.8PO.9PO.10PO.11PO.12PO.13PO.14
LO.14
LO.23
LO.345
LO.443
LO.55
LO.635
LO.7
LO.8

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