INTRODUCTION TO COMICS AND GRAPHIC NOVELS: THEORY, HISTORY, METHOD

Prerequisites & course information

Requisites: Sophomore standing Course Designation: Core GenEd - Humanities & Arts Breadth - Humanities Level - Intermediate L&S Credit - L&S Liberal Arts and Science Repeatable for Credit: No Last Taught: Fall 2023 Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the history of comics as a major mode of human communication in a comparative context Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop cultural awareness across historical periods and national boundaries Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand and critically rethink the theory of comics as strip-based sequential narrative Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply different theoretical models to the reading of comics; synthesize and critically evaluate source materials Audience: Undergraduate Learning Outcomes: 1. Demonstrate knowledge of the history of comics as a major mode of human communication in a comparative context Audience: Undergraduate 2. Develop cultural awareness across historical periods and national boundaries Audience: Undergraduate 3. Understand and critically rethink the theory of comics as strip-based sequential narrative Audience: Undergraduate 4. Apply different theoretical models to the reading of comics; synthesize and critically evaluate source materials Audience: Undergraduate