CMLIT 415World Graphic Novels

3 credits · Comparative Literature · Penn State

Critical analyses of form, genre, medium, and discourse of the graphic novel and its historical precedents in an international and comparative context. CMLIT 415 World Graphics Novels (3) (GH; US;IL) (BA) This course meets the Bachelor of Arts degree requirements.This course considers the graphic novel (also known as graphic fiction, comics, or sequential narrative) as an emergent literary medium and global phenomenon. The course focuses on texts that engage issues of contemporary identity, ethnicity, sexuality, technology, and/or history (personal, family, and national). These graphic novels engage these issues through the medium of text joined with image. This course explores the aesthetic of sequential narrative, its methods of production and consumption, and its place in a contemporary culture of reading. Assigned texts include titles from the United States, France, Japan, Italy, Canada and Norway. All texts will be read in English translation.