FAVh010 Worlds to be Continued: Serial Fiction Poetics

Faculty of Arts
Spring 2022
Extent and Intensity
2/0/0. 5 credit(s). Type of Completion: zk (examination).
Teacher(s)
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D. (lecturer)
Mgr. et Mgr. Iva Raclavská, DiS. (assistant)
Guaranteed by
Mgr. Radomír D. Kokeš, Ph.D.
Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Contact Person: Patrycja Astrid Twardowska
Supplier department: Department of Film Studies and Audiovisual Culture – Faculty of Arts
Timetable
Fri 10:00–13:40 C34
Course Enrolment Limitations
The course is also offered to the students of the fields other than those the course is directly associated with.
fields of study / plans the course is directly associated with
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Course objectives
The lecture is built upon the assumption that fictional stories presented as serials have been a longstanding part of nearly everyday experience with narrative arts; capitalizing on the case of TV shows, it presents the intellectual framework, research background and analytical tools to effectively describe, explore and explain the phenomenon of serial fiction.
The approach is theoretically grounded in serial fiction poetics, which aims to (1) present a systemic explanation of serial fiction, (2) capture the variability of artistic possibilities of serial narrative and, (3) offer tools for the analysis of actual serial works.
Learning outcomes
After finishing this course, the student will have been able to: - understand the serial narrative as a specific phenomenon of fiction structure;
- understand the laws of the functioning of a serial structure of the fictional macrocosm by the so-called five types of serialism;
- understand the range of artistic possibilities used by TV series creators in the field of narration and fictional macrocosm;
- carefully analyze specific serial works.
Syllabus
  • 1. Resources
    2. Seriality as a system
    3. Seriality as a registry of artistic possibilities
    4. Seriality as analytical background
Literature
  • KOKEŠ, Radomír D. Světy na pokračování. Rozbor možností seriálového vyprávění (Worlds To Be Continued. Analysing Possibilities of Serial Narrativity). Praha: Filip Tomáš – Akropolis, 2016, 240 pp. ISBN 978-80-7470-146-7. Autorovy stránky o knize. info
Teaching methods
Lectures, analysis. A section of the contact lectures will be oriented on distant study programme students. This part will be devoted to the introduction to the topic and selected topics that are not supported by the obligatory and recommended literature.
Assessment methods
Written test on the lectured subject and given literature.
Language of instruction
Czech
Further comments (probably available only in Czech)
Study Materials
The course is taught once in three years.
Information on the extent and intensity of the course: Kombinovaná forma: 16 hodin/semestr.
The course is also listed under the following terms Autumn 2024.
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