EN238 (CM19) A - Comics & Graphic Novels

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Course Description

This course will introduce students to the comics medium through a variety of genres. Through reading, researching, and responding to graphic narratives, students will develop a critical vocabulary for understanding graphic narratives and explore the intersections between literary genres and narrative form.  

Course Objectives

  • Students will develop a formalist understanding of the graphic narrative medium.  
  • Students will analyze and evaluate a variety of comic forms and literary genres.  
  • Students will draw on historical and cultural contexts in examining graphic narratives.  
  • Students will compose effective texts in both prose and graphic narrative formats 

Required Textbooks

De Connick, Kelly Sue. Bitch Planet Vol. 1. Ingram, 2015. ISBN: 9781632153661.

De Connick, Kelly Sue. Bitch Planet Vol. 2. Ingram, 2017. ISBN: 9781632157171.

Eisner, Will. A Contract with God. Norton, 2006. ISBN: 9780393328042.

Gaiman, Neil. Sandman Vol. 1 Preludes and Nocturnes. Vertigo, 2010. ISBN: 9781401225759.

Gaiman, Neil. Sandman Vol. 2 The Doll's House. Vertigo, 2010. ISBN: 9781401227999.

McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. Harper Collins, 2010. ISBN: 9780060976255.

Miller, Frank. Batman: The Dark Knight Returns. DC Comics, 1997. ISBN: 9781563893421.

Moore, Alan. Watchmen. DC Comics, 2014. ISBN: 978140124525.

North, Ryan. The Unbeatable Squirrel Girl Vol. 1. Hachette, 2015. ISBN: 9780785197027.

Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis. Pantheon, 2004. ISBN: 9780375714573.

Spiegelman, Art. The Complete Maus: A Survivor's Tale. Pantheon, 1997. ISBN: 9780679406419.