Comics and Graphic Narrative
Durham
Liberal Arts::English
Credits: 4.0
Class Size: 30
Term:
Fall 2024
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Full Term (08/26/2024
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12/09/2024)
CRN:
14145
Grade Mode:
Letter Grading
"Reading happens in all directions," says Hilary Chute about the study of comics and graphic narrative. In this course, students will learn to read images and texts from all directions: up, down, horizontally, vertically, across panels and jacket flaps, in seriality and on the internet. Comics' ability to represent both trauma and the trivial takes students from newspaper funnies to the Holocaust, from superheroes in mid-century floppies to Underground comix and current autobiographical comics, comics journalism, comics history, and fiction.
Registration Approval Required. Contact Instructor or Academic Department for permission then register through Webcat.
Repeat Rule:
May be repeated for a maximum of
8
credits.
Instructors:
Lawrence Beemer
Times & Locations
| Start Date | End Date | Days | Time | Location |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 8/26/2024 | 12/9/2024 | MWF | 12:10pm - 1:00pm | HS 108 |
Additional Course Details:
This course satisfies the 'Genres or Theory' requirement for English Majors following degree requirments activated in Fall 2023.
This course satisfies a Post-1800 Literature requirement for English, English Literature, English: TBD, English/Journalism, English/Law 3+3 Makors.
This course may count as one of two upper-level Literature courses for English Teaching majors.
