ENGL 3856

ENGL 3856: Comics and Graphic Novels

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ENGL 3856: Comics and Graphic Novels Anonymous (not verified) Tue, 03/24/2020 - 13:23

Comics are everywhere!

Spanning all media platforms, comics are a global force in twenty-first century culture. This course is an introduction to comics history and a headlong dive into today’s comics scene. We will cover superheroes, underground comix, graphic novels, and movies. Comics help us understand ourselves in the world today, and so we will discuss the value of the humanities and the power of the imagination as a force for change. We’ll work on writing and we’ll make fantastic original comics. Join us!

Studies special topics in genre studies; specially designed for English majors. Topics vary each semester. May be repeated for a total of 6 credit hours for different topics.

Repeatable: Repeatable for up to 6.00 total credit hours.
Requisites: Restricted to students with 27-180 credits (Sophomores, Juniors or Seniors) only.
Additional Information:Arts Sci Gen Ed: Distribution-Arts Humanities
Departmental Category: Advanced Theory, Genre Studies and Popular Culture

Taught by William Kuskin.

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ENGL 3856: Topics in Genre Studies, Science Fiction (Fall 2019)

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ENGL 3856: Topics in Genre Studies, Science Fiction (Fall 2019) Anonymous (not verified) Wed, 02/20/2019 - 15:21

Instructor: Prof. Paul Youngquist

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ENGL 3856-100: Topics in Genre Studies, Comics & Graphic Novels

Anonymous — Thu, 16 Aug 2018 19:15:11 +0000

ENGL 3856-100: Topics in Genre Studies, Comics & Graphic Novels Anonymous (not verified) Thu, 08/16/2018 - 13:15

Professor Stephen Graham Jones

How does the comic book work, both on the page and in the world? In answering this, we'll go back to the comic book's beginnings and work our way book by book all the way up to now, where comic book movies are dominating the box office. Expect to read a comic book a week, or more—trade editions, graphic novels, single-issue, web comics, all of it. Expect to have to make your own comic, to show you understand the grammar and syntax of panels and pages. There'll be capes and tights, there'll be indie and underground, there'll be experimental and conventional, and we'll put the pages up on-screen, pore over them line by line, word by word, day after day, and there won't be enough days, but that's just because there's so much to talk about with comic books.

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