Are people born knowing right and wrong, good and evil? What does ?evil? look like, and do you know it when you see it? This course will investigate how humans have represented ?good,? ?evil,? and related concepts across a variety of cultural contexts throughout time. Concerns guiding our readings may include the suffering of the innocent, the existence of evil, and the development of a moral consciousness and responsibility. We may also consider how discourses of good and evil shape and are in turn shaped by race, gender, and class.

Are people born knowing right and wrong, good and evil? What does ?evil? look like, and do you know it when you see it? This course will investigate how humans have represented ?good,? ?evil,? and related concepts across a variety of cultural contexts throughout time. Concerns guiding our readings may include the suffering of the innocent, the existence of evil, and the development of a moral consciousness and responsibility. We may also consider how discourses of good and evil shape and are in turn shaped by race, gender, and class.

This course is an introduction to the graphic novel, including consideration of the history, narrative structure, aesthetics, and genres of the graphic novel. From the awarding of a Pulitzer Prize to Art Spiegelman?s Maus in 1985 to today, graphic novels have grown in literary and academic recognition, been embraced by major publishers in the United States and around the world, and attracted artists and writers of the highest caliber to this field.

This course is an introduction to the graphic novel, including consideration of the history, narrative structure, aesthetics, and genres of the graphic novel. From the awarding of a Pulitzer Prize to Art Spiegelman?s Maus in 1985 to today, graphic novels have grown in literary and academic recognition, been embraced by major publishers in the United States and around the world, and attracted artists and writers of the highest caliber to this field.

This course is an introduction to the graphic novel, including consideration of the history, narrative structure, aesthetics, and genres of the graphic novel. From the awarding of a Pulitzer Prize to Art Spiegelman?s Maus in 1985 to today, graphic novels have grown in literary and academic recognition, been embraced by major publishers in the United States and around the world, and attracted artists and writers of the highest caliber to this field.

This course is an introduction to the graphic novel, including consideration of the history, narrative structure, aesthetics, and genres of the graphic novel. From the awarding of a Pulitzer Prize to Art Spiegelman?s Maus in 1985 to today, graphic novels have grown in literary and academic recognition, been embraced by major publishers in the United States and around the world, and attracted artists and writers of the highest caliber to this field.

This course explores a selection of works of dystopian and utopian fiction and may include examples from film, television, and other media, in addition to literature. An important part of this exploration will be to consider the relationship between this imaginative fiction and the real world conditions which may have prompted it. We will also discuss what these texts have to offer us as warnings for our own society or ideas for a better future.

This course explores a selection of works of dystopian and utopian fiction and may include examples from film, television, and other media, in addition to literature. An important part of this exploration will be to consider the relationship between this imaginative fiction and the real world conditions which may have prompted it. We will also discuss what these texts have to offer us as warnings for our own society or ideas for a better future.

This course explores a selection of works of dystopian and utopian fiction and may include examples from film, television, and other media, in addition to literature. An important part of this exploration will be to consider the relationship between this imaginative fiction and the real world conditions which may have prompted it. We will also discuss what these texts have to offer us as warnings for our own society or ideas for a better future.

This course explores a selection of works of dystopian and utopian fiction and may include examples from film, television, and other media, in addition to literature. An important part of this exploration will be to consider the relationship between this imaginative fiction and the real world conditions which may have prompted it. We will also discuss what these texts have to offer us as warnings for our own society or ideas for a better future.