EN 648
The Graphic Novel
An examination of a selection of contemporary graphic novels produced by artists
and writers primarily from Canada and the U.S. Emerging from comics books and
comics strips, which were perceived as cheap ephemeral entertainment for children
and a mass audience, the graphic novel has now gained recognition as a respectable
literary genre for adult and young adults. Critical and theoretical essays about the
development of the genre will be studied alongside the graphic novels.
Exclusions: EN692A.
An examination of a selection of contemporary graphic novels produced by artists
and writers primarily from Canada and the U.S. Emerging from comics books and
comics strips, which were perceived as cheap ephemeral entertainment for children
and a mass audience, the graphic novel has now gained recognition as a respectable
literary genre for adult and young adults. Critical and theoretical essays about the
development of the genre will be studied alongside the graphic novels.
Exclusions: EN692A.
An examination of a selection of contemporary graphic novels produced by artists
and writers primarily from Canada and the U.S. Emerging from comics books and
comics strips, which were perceived as cheap ephemeral entertainment for children
and a mass audience, the graphic novel has now gained recognition as a respectable
literary genre for adult and young adults. Critical and theoretical essays about the
development of the genre will be studied alongside the graphic novels.
Exclusions: EN692A.
