GLITS 252 C: Introduction to Global Literatures: Literary Genres Across Time and Place

Winter 2025
Meeting:
WF 10:30am - 12:20pm / THO 325
SLN:
15372
Section Type:
Lecture
Joint Sections:
C LIT 252 C
Instructor:
GLOBAL COMICS SAME AS C LIT 252 C
Syllabus Description (from Canvas):

Global Comics: Silent Comics

José Alaniz

Winter 2025

One way of understanding what graphic narrative (i.e. comics) is, is to see it as words and pictures working together to make a story. But all over the world, people have made comics without words: silent, or wordless, or “pantomine” comics. This course explores the silent comics subgenre for what it tells us about how to define comics; what possibilities for the medium are foreclosed and opened up when we remove words; and whether or not visually-based art forms like comics really constitute a “universal  language.” Works examined include Shaun Tan’s The Arrival; Seattle artist Jim Woodring’s Frank stories; Japanese manga; horror comics; and the rich tradition of woodcut novels.

All works and materials in English (or wordless).   

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Catalog Description:
An introduction to literary study. Literature from around the globe, with focus on a specific genre such as novel, short story, fairy tale, myth, drama, lyric or epic poetry. Topics vary.
GE Requirements Met:
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
November 11, 2024 - 9:16 pm