Teaching Comics Through Multiple Lenses
Subtitle: Critical Perspectives
Publisher: Taylor & Francis Group; Routledge
Published: 2016
Language: eng
Number of pages: 186
ISBN-13: 9781138649903
Subjects: Comic books, strips, etc.
Description: Building off the argument that comics succeed as literature--rich, complex narratives filled with compelling characters interrogating the thought-provoking issues of our time--this book argues that comics are an expressive medium whose moves (structural and aesthetic) may be shared by literature, the visual arts, and film, but beyond this are a unique art form possessing qualities that other mediums do not. Drawing form a range of current comics scholarship demonstrating this point, this book explores the unique intelligence/s of comics and how they expand the ways readers engage with the world in ways different than prose, or film, or other visual arts. Written by teachers and scholars of comics for instructors, this book bridges research and pedagogy, providing instructors with models of critical readings around a variety of comics. -- Provided by publisher.