ENGLIT 0620 - THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
Minimum Credits: 3
Maximum Credits: 3
This course examines how graphic novels use the comics medium to tell stories, convey information, and create meaning. We will read a range of authors and artists, considering works in their historical, cultural, and literary contexts. We will study various approaches to comics and graphic novels, developing and applying a critical vocabulary and tools for the analysis of the medium. We will pay particular attention to how individual texts use the comics form, represent various genres, and demonstrate stylistic innovations.
Academic Career: Undergraduate
Course Component: Lecture
Grade Component: LG/SNC Elective Basis
Course Attributes: DSAS Literature General Ed. Requirement, SCI Polymathic Contexts: Humanistic GE. Req.
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