ARTE 2301 — The Graphic Novel
4 semester hoursUndergraduateLectureNUpath EINUpath ICusually offered: falltypical days: ThBostonTraditional
Explores the word-and-image medium of comics as a narrative form. Focuses on the contemporary phenomenon of the so-called graphic novel. What are the preoccupations of today’s graphic novels? How does their storytelling work? Some work in translation is included, but the course largely concentrates on the American tradition, focusing on fiction, memoir, and nonfiction reporting and adaptation. Offers students an opportunity to learn practices of reading—and making—comics. Emphasizes the formal language, or grammar, of comics in order to interpret its narrative procedure and possibilities.
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Offering history
| Term | Sections | Enrolled | Capacity | Full | Open seats/section |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fall 2025 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 43% | 4.0 |
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Meeting times
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Common patterns: R (100% of sections) — in patterns, R means Thursday
Professors
Fall
- Hillary Chute (100% of students) · reviews
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