History and the Graphic Novel

3 Credits · Level: Undergraduate

In the last few decades, graphic novels have emerged as one of the more popular culture genres representing the past. This course analyzes several graphic novels associated with U.S. history, focusing on several events and themes across the course of American history, including American Empire, World War II, the history of immigration, US foreign policy, race and ethnicity, and the struggle for equal rights, to name a few. Students will learn about both these events, as well as the ways in which graphic novelists frame the past in their books.