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Campus | Bryn Mawr |
Semester | Spring 2021 |
Registration ID | EALCB310001 |
Course Title | Advanced Graphic Narrative |
Credit | 1.00 |
Department | Comparative Literature |
Instructor | Kwa,Shiamin |
Times and Days | T 01:10pm-04:00pm
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Room Location | TAYG |
Additional Course Info | Class Number: 1262 This advanced seminar focuses on critical and theoretical approaches to the graphic novel. In the past several decades, a genre of “auteur comics” has emerged from the medium that are highly literary with a deep engagement between form and meaning. This seminar focuses on weekly close readings of such graphic novels with rigorous analysis of form and content. Primary text readings are supplemented with readings from literary theory, visual studies, and philosophy. Participants are expected to be comfortable with the application of literary critical theory and visual studies theory to texts. There are no prerequisites for the course, but due to the quantity and complexity of the reading material, some background in literary study is necessary. Students interested in taking this course in fulfillment of a major requirement in Comparative Literature or East Asian Languages and Cultures will need to discuss with me prior to enrollment. Preference given to students who have taken EALC B255. This semester (Spring 2021) we will explore theories of narrative in the context of the graphic narrative. Students will read and view primary texts, supplemented by theoretical readings, that engage questions of how subjects develop through unconventional notions of "travel" in time, space, or both. THIS COURSE IS OFFERED AS PART OF A 360; Spring 2021: we will explore theories of narrative in the context of the graphic narrative. Students will read and view primary texts, supplemented by theoretical readings, that engage questions of how subjects develop through unconventional notions of "travel" in time, space, or both. THIS COURSE IS OFFERED AS PART OF A 360 Approach: Course does not meet an Approach; Enrollment Cap: 15; This course is ONLY open to 360 students. This course is part of Constraints: Storytelling in the Digital Age. This cluster is based on the theoretical and interdisciplinary work that suggests that humans think in the form of stories. If experiences are understood and communicated through storytelling, understanding their structures and how they work is integral to the human experience. Should narratives be limited only to words? As story readers, we become better equipped to understand the lives and experiences of others; as story tellers, we become better equipped to share our perspectives and experiences with others. This course cluster focuses on a broad variety of storytelling mediums, including memoirs, short stories, films, documentaries, essays, comics, songs, novels, murals, and performances that are all examples of how we tell stories in the digital age. It is often assumed that advanced communication technologies have made our possibilities endless, but we are equally interested in how constraints, whether bodily, geographic, linguistic, or stylistic, help to produce these stories. Participants will not only analyze these media, and think about how the constraints of form affect how a story is told, but they will participate in creating narratives using some of these forms to engage directly with the idea of constraint as an essential ingredient of creativity. If the course exceeds the enrollment cap the following criteria will be used for the lottery: Major/Minor/Concentration; Students wanting to take this course for EALC major credit must discuss with instructor. If you are interested in the 360 program, you must fill out the application by clicking on link https://www.brynmawr.edu/360/upcoming-clusters/spring-2021-application-constraints-storytelling-digital-age. Application deadline is November 30th. This cluster includes in enrolling in FREN B219. |
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