Modiwl LXF-3112:
Bande Dessinee & Adaptation
Bande Dessinee & Adaptation 2024-25
LXF-3112
2024-25
School Of Arts, Culture And Language
Module - Semester 1
20 credits
Module Organiser:
Armelle Blin-Rolland
Overview
Topics to be covered in this module include: history of bande dessinée and the status of the medium in contemporary Francophone culture; how to analyse bande dessinée; key concepts in adaptation studies; case study 1: adaptation of a cultural myth; case study 2: autobioBD / autographics and the intertwining of the private and political; case study 3: adaptation from bande dessinée to animation; case study 4: literary adaptation and historical bande dessinee; case study 5: post-colonialism and bande dessinée adaptation: Brittany.
Key texts
Primary texts and film: Peter Pan (Régis Loisel) Persépolis (Marjane Satrapi) Persépolis (Marjane Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud) [film] Le Cri du Peuple (Jacques Tardi) Bran Ruz (Deschamps and Auclair)
Recommended reading material : Ann Miller, Reading Bande Dessinée: Critical Approaches to French-Language Comic Strip Laurence Grove, Comics in French: The European Bande Dessinée in Context Linda Hutcheon, A Theory of Adaptation Julie Sanders, Adaptation & Appropriation
Learning Outcomes
- Contrast a source text and its adaptation, addressing questions about narrative and representation
- Describe and analyse the varied ways in which the specificities of the medium of comics are used by creators and adapters
- Express their ideas in coherently structured presentations and essays
- Show an understanding of some of the key concepts in adaptation studies
Assessment type
Summative
Weighting
60%
Assessment type
Summative
Weighting
40%