GRAPHIC NARRATIVE

ACL374

Course Code: ACL374
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 4

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Bachelor's Degree

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

Differentiate between the genres of graphic narratives.
Discuss graphic narratives in the light of broader topics including race, gender, health, and civil rights.
Draw a relation between the ideology implied in the graphic narrative and the socio-historical developments in American culture, literature, and history.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

Course Description

This course introduces the historical development of graphic narrative in America and the representations of the social and historical developments that constitute the foundations of American culture in different types of graphic narratives.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	Introduction to the Course and Syllabus, Brief History of Comics, Graphic Novels and Graphic Narratives
2^nd Week	Reading Comics: Introduction to the Vocabulary of Comics
3^rd Week	Narrating War and Trauma: Art Spiegelman: Maus I (1986)
4^th Week	Art Spiegelman: Maus I (1986)
5^th Week	Joe Sacco: Palestine (1993)- Quiz
6^th Week	Joe Sacco: Palestine (1993)
7^th Week	Midterm Exam
8^th Week	Narrating Migration:, Tings Chak: Undocumented: The Architecture of Migrant Detention (2014) and Mine Okuba: Citizen 13660 (1946)
9^th Week	Nam Le/ Matt Huynh: The Boat (2015)
10^th Week	Graphic Healthcare: Katie Green: Lighter Than My Shadow (2013)
11^th Week	Dana Walrath: Aliceheimer's (2013)
12^th Week	Gender and Graphic Narratives: Selected Excerpts
13^th Week	Alison Bechdel: Fun Home (2006)
14^th Week	Alison Bechdel: Fun Home (2006)
15^th Week	Revision

Recommended or Required Reading

Chute, Hillary. Comics & Media: A Special Issue of "Critical Inquiry," U of Chicago P Journals, 2014.
Chute, Hillary. Graphic Women: Life Narrative and Contemporary Comics, Columbia UP, 2010.
Duncan, Randy and Matthew J. Smith. Power of Comics: History, Form, and Culture, Continuum, 2009.
Eisner, Will. Comics and Sequential Art, Poorhouse Press, 1985.
Eisner, Will. Graphic Storytelling and Visual Narrative: Principles and Practices from the Legendary Cartoonist, W. W. Norton & Company, 2008.
Kukkonen, Karin. Studying Comics and Graphic Novels, Wiley-Blackwell, 2013.
McCloud, Scott. Reinventing Comics: How Imagination and Technology Are Revolutionizing an Art Form, Harper-Perennial, 2000.
McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art, Harper-Perennial, 1994.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Discussion

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Quiz	1	20
Total(%)		60
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		60
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		40
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	3	42
Preparation for Final exam	1	10	10
Course hours	14	3	42
Preparation for Midterm exam	1	10	10
Laboratory (including preparation)
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	1	6	6
Article Presentation	1	6	6
Total Work Load			120
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			4
ECTS Credit of the Course			4

Language of Instruction

English

Work Placement(s)

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