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2017-2018 Academic Catalog 
    
2017-2018 Academic Catalog [ARCHIVED CATALOG]

ENG 210-01 - Studies in Genre

4 credits (Fall)
The Graphic Novel. This course will use various modes of literary theory –psychoanalysis, feminism, queer theory critical race theory, disability studies – to read a selection of graphic novels. We’ll consider how these tools open up ways of reading text and image in this genre. The course will begin with memoirs: Art Spiegelman’s Maus and Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home. We will then examine the representation of non-normative bodies in superhero books. The final few weeks of the course will be dedicated to serious theoretical examination of Alan Moore’s Watchmen. Along with writing traditional academic essays, students will be able to present their critical analysis in the form of a digital graphic essay.

Prerequisite: ENG 120  or ENG 121  for majors; or for non-majors, ENG 120  or ENG 121  or any course in the study of literature in another language department.
Instructor: Arner