English R1B
Reading and Composition: Image and Text
| Section | Semester | Instructor | Time | Location | Course Areas |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | Spring 2016 | Clark, Rebecca
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MWF 11-12 | 225 Wheeler |
Book List
Agee, J.: Let Us Now Praise Famous Men; Baker, K.: Nat Turner; Bechdel, A.: Fun Home; Clowes, D.: Ghost World; Lewis, J.: March; Moore, A: Watchmen; Saint-Exupéry, A.: The Little Prince; Satrapi, M.: Persepolis; Tomine, A.: Shortcomings; Yang, G.: American Born Chinese
Other Readings and Media
Film adaptations, TBD
Description
This class will look at a variety of works--comics, graphic novels, chidren's books, advertisements, political cartoons--that combine images with text to tell stories. How, we will ask, do words and images play with, against, or off of one another when we read these hybrid works? How does their combination help authors alternately to create fantastical new worlds, document painful or playful quotidian realities, or navigate and narrate traumatic personal and national histories? What special demands do these works make on their readers? What narrative and thematic possibilities do they open up? How can we analyze and write about them?
In this course, you will produce approximately 32 pages of written work through a gradual process of drafting, editing, reviewing, and revising. We will work on reading critically, posing analytical questions, crafting and supporting well-reasoned arguments, and developing research skills. The course will culminate in an original research paper.
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