UN1001 Fall 2006 Section R20

Perspectives on Inquiry UN1001

Michigan Technological University

Class Description Fall 2006 - Section R20 (Honors Section)

Title: Comic Books as Art, Literature, and Medium

What is the medium of comics capable of? How does it work? How do we define comics? What are the basic elements of comics? How does the mind process comics? Are the words and pictures in comics acting as a distinct partnership or an integral language all its own? How does the history of comic books shed light on the history of our culture? What are comic books like in other cultures? How are comics evolving currently as art, literature, and medium? How might comic books fit in this digital age? These questions and others will be discussed with opportunities to consider many works in the graphic novel format.

Note: This section is open only to first-year students in the Honors Institute.

Instructor: Michael Mullins

email: memullin@mtu.edu
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