Reading, Writing, and Teaching the Graphic Novel

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In a world of ever-increasing visual media, graphic novels have become an internationally-popular form of text within a wide range of academic disciplines. This course will explore the theory, research, and practice behind reading and writing sequential art narratives (SANs) and other visual-verbal texts and the pedagogical implications for curriculum and instruction that follow. Students will read a variety of graphic novels (both fiction and nonfiction), craft their own visual-verbal text, and design a related unit plan of instruction for classroom implementation. Graded on A-F basis only. Credit Hour s : 3