ENGL 281 - The Comics Course

1 unit(s)

An exploration of topics in comics history, theory, aesthetics, and politics. Subjects and texts may include: early comics experimentation (George Herriman’s Krazy Kat); genre and gender (Wonder Woman from origins to contemporary permutations), women’s diary comics (Julie Doucet’s My New York Diary and Gabrielle Bell’s July 2011), conflict comics (Joe Sacco’s Safe Area Gorazde), graphic horror and representation (Charles Burns’s Black Hole), race and representation (Yvan Alegbe’s The Yellow Negro), comics and disability (Elodie Durand’s Parenthesis), comics and sexuality (Bisco Hatori’s Ouran High School Host Club), and comics and the culture of children (Schulz’s Peanuts, Jansson’s Moomin, and Barry’s Marlys). Readings also include materials in comics studies, media studies, and literary studies. Peter Antelyes.

Prerequisite(s): Open to sophomores, juniors, and seniors with one unit of 100-level work.

Two 75-minute periods.

Course Format: CLS