C LIT 252 C: Introduction to Comparative Literature: Genres

Winter 2025
Meeting:
WF 10:30am - 12:20pm / THO 325
SLN:
11892
Section Type:
Lecture
Joint Sections:
GLITS 252 C
Instructor:
GLOBAL COMICS SAME AS GLITS 252C
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:
Reading and analyzing literature based upon rotating genres such as sci-fi, detective fiction, romance, love, poetry, and comedy. Draws from world literature.
Department Requirements Met:
Pre-req to Declare Literature Major
GE Requirements Met:
Arts and Humanities (A&H)
Credits:
5.0
Status:
Active
Last updated:
January 2, 2025 - 2:57 pm