Courses :: Module, THE GRAPHIC NOVEL: CRITICAL AND CREATIVE APPROACHES

	Overview
	This MA module focuses on the ways in which contemporary graphic novels mediate and critically reflect upon cultural, societal, and political issues. Students will also have the opportunity to work with online tools to create their own short cartoons and graphic texts, and they will be encouraged to consider how their creative scripts might equally inspire reflection on social and cultural problems. The module may appeal to creative writers, as well as students of anthropology, design innovation, and media studies. Since students will use online tools to generate images and design vignettes, no drawing skills are necessary. Students of Spanish and Latin American Studies will analyse Spanish-language vignettes and graphic novels and will be expected to produce Spanish-language cartoons and graphic texts. All other students will focus on analysing and producing English-language texts.

Overview

This MA module focuses on the ways in which contemporary graphic novels mediate and critically reflect upon cultural, societal, and political issues. Students will also have the opportunity to work with online tools to create their own short cartoons and graphic texts, and they will be encouraged to consider how their creative scripts might equally inspire reflection on social and cultural problems.
The module may appeal to creative writers, as well as students of anthropology, design innovation, and media studies. Since students will use online tools to generate images and design vignettes, no drawing skills are necessary.
Students of Spanish and Latin American Studies will analyse Spanish-language vignettes and graphic novels and will be expected to produce Spanish-language cartoons and graphic texts. All other students will focus on analysing and producing English-language texts.

	Learning Outcomes
	On successful completion of the module, students should be able to: Analyse theoretical concepts in he field of cultural studies, in particular popular culture; Describe and analyse the ways in which graphic novels portray, reflect and influence the formation of identities; Examine selected representations of graphic novels and relate these representations to the appropriate social, historical, political and economic contexts; Explore how visual techniques can be used to analyse social issues; Apply creativity to analyse texts and solve problems; Interpret literary works through close reading, the application of suitable literary/design/creative writing theories, and contextualisation; Critically evaluate secondary literature.

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