{"product_id":"9781603290616","title":"Teaching the Graphic Novel","description":"\u003cp\u003eGraphic novels are now appearing in a great variety of courses: composition, literature, drama, popular culture, travel, art, translation. The thirty-four essays in this volume explore issues that the new art form has posed for teachers at the university level. Among the subjects addressed are\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eterminology (\u003ci\u003egraphic narrative\u003c\/i\u003e vs. \u003ci\u003esequential art\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003ecomics\u003c\/i\u003e vs. \u003ci\u003ecomix\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe three outstanding comics-producing cultures today: the American, the Japanese (manga), and the Franco-Belgian (the bande dessinée)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe differences between the techniques of graphic narrative and prose narrative,and between the reading patterns for each\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe connections between the graphic novel and film\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe lives of the new genre's practitioners (e.g., Robert Crumb, Harvey Pekar)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ewomen's contributions to the field (e.g., Lynda Barry)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow the graphic novel has been used to probe difficult moments in history (the Holocaust, 9\/11), deal with social and racial injustice, and voice political satire\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003epostmodernism in the graphic novel (e.g., in the work of Chris Ware)\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ehow the American superhero developed in the Depression and World War II\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ecomix and the 1960s counterculture\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ethe challenges of teaching graphic novels that contain violence and sexual content\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe volume concludes with a selected bibliography of the graphic novel and sequential art.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Modern Language Association of America","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47050520461552,"sku":"9781603290616","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/9781603290616_p0.jpg?v=1763826069","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9781603290616","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}