Comics Studies

Catalog description

This course introduces students to the academic field of Comics Studies, that is, the scholarship of comics and graphic novels. The course surveys different methodologies and focuses of comics scholarship, with historical representation of different theorists and critics. In addition to reading widely in comics scholarship, students will also read several comics and graphic novels, for which they will produce their own analyses and criticism. Overall, the course provides a foundation in Comic Studies, with broad reading across primary and secondary texts.