ENG 232 - Graphic Narrative

Credits: 3
Lecture Hours: 3
Lab Hours: 0
This course explores the development, theory, and achievement of the medium of graphic narrative, in which narrative arises from the interplay of sequential images and words. Topics studied include the growth of the medium (from the comics tradition to book-length graphic novels, graphic memoirs, graphic reportage, and other forms), the nature and possibilities of its formal conventions, connections to the novel and to film, and emerging directions (including the impact of the Internet and other new technologies). The formal elements of several graphic narratives, as well as the social and historical issues they address, will be studied.
Prerequisite(s): ENG 102