Comparative Literature 335 - Comic Art in North America
Fall
2021
01AC
F 11:15AM 12:05PM
UMass Amherst
12375
Bartlett Hall room 35
This course introduces Comic Art in North America, from the beginnings of the newspaper comic strip through comic books graphic novels, and electronic media including the history and aesthetics of the medium, comparison between developments in the United States, Mexico, and French Canada, and the social and cultural contexts in which comic art is created and consumed. (Gen.Ed. AT, DU)
Multiple required components--lab and/or discussion section. To register, submit requests for all components simultaneously.