Our final three weeks (six class sessions) will be devoted to learning about graphic novels. Students will read, write, debate, and make a presentation about a specific graphic novel in the collection of DCAD's Thronson Library.
Essay due: December 5
Presentations: December 5 & 7
Details to follow.
This ten-minute video from PBS does a great job of summarizing the history of the genre and it also weighs in on the debate about whether or not it's legitimate literature. Spoiler alert: It is.
In 2022, graphic novels are no longer a novelty. They are everywhere. Check out this link from Goodreads.
Even the US government is getting into the graphic novel game. In 2020 the Cybersecurity & Infrastructure Security Agency published two graphic novels: Real Fake and Bug Bytes.
There are so many free resources to learn about graphic novels: websites, blogs, podcasts, videos, scholarly essays, and so on. Exercise your curiosity. Learn new things to share with your classmates.
Do you have something cool to share with the class? Maybe it's a website or some other digital resource. Maybe it's a physical object like a book. In any case, please let me know.
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