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French Honours Option
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Commonly known as France's Ninth Art, the Bande Dessinée
is a part of Francophone cultural and social fabric in a way that
far surpasses the influence of comics in Anglo-Saxon countries. This
course examines technical (the parts of a BD, 'cinema techniques',
text/image interaction) and economic aspects of the BD before
exploring a historical overview of the form's development. Students
will then be encouraged to consider the wide range of current BD
creations, to question notions of national specificity and to apply
a knowledge of the BD to other fields of investigation such as
contemporary politics, feminism or literary theory.
This page includes a selection of images to supplement the lecture on the 'pre-history' of BD. The illustrations are all drawn from the rich primary source material held in Glasgow University Library, and any student choosing to explore the development of the form is encouraged to visit Special Collections to consult the works in person. Note on printing: most of the images have been scanned at resolutions that reproduce the illustrations in finer detail and at a larger scale than the originals. The easiest way to print out the image files at A4 size is to right click on the larger version of the image and then save a copy for printing out using imaging software (for example, using Microsoft Photo Editor, print out ticking the 'fit to page' option from the print menu) . |
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For further advice about using the collections, please
contact Julie
Gardham.
images from MS Hunter 252 Bande Dessinée pages created by Julie Gardham: October 2002; updated Septmber 2003 |
