Comparative Literature 335 - American Comics
Fall
2024
01AJ
F 1:25PM 2:15PM
UMass Amherst
35462
Elm Room 224
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.