Studies in Text and Image

3 credits · Undergraduate Programs

An examination of the relationship between the visual and literary. Students will develop a vocabulary for talking about visual texts and learn to articulate the shared and distinctive ways that these texts create meaning. Topics may include illustrated books and manuscripts; visual poetics; graphic novels; adaptation; digital literary forms; history of the book; and letterpress printing. Prerequisite(s): 45 units including 3 units of courses labelled English at 300 level or above.