ILP: Myth & Legend in Graphic Novels
In this course we will examine the graphic novel through a literary focus. We will utilize comics studies and literary theory to examine a wide range of comic adaptations. How has the graphic novel reshaped what we consider literature? What is at stake when cultural artifacts are mass produced for a worldwide popular culture audience?
Course Requirements
– Regular attendance and class participation
– Daily written homework assignments
– 3 four page papers
– 4 one-page
reaction papers
– In-class oral
presentation
Final Exam –
Reading List –
Books will be available at Revolution Books
(This is a working list and will surely be revised)
Scott McCloud, Understanding
Comics
Gene Luen Yang, American
Born Chinese
Neil Gaiman, Sandman
Volume 1: Preludes and Nocturns
Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, Watchmen
Mike Mignola, Hellboy: The Chained Coffin and Others
Robert Kirkman and Tony Moore, Walking Dead
AH Comics, Moonshot: The Indigenous Comics Collection
Christopher Carvalho, ʻAumākua Guardians of Hawaii
Various other readings will be posted on Laulima or distributed in class.