English 177: Literature and Popular Culture, The Graphic Novel

Autor/in	Misemer, Leah
Titel	English 177: Literature and Popular Culture, The Graphic Novel
Quelle	In: Composition Studies, 43 (2015) 1, S.131-146 (16 Seiten) PDF als Volltext Verfügbarkeit
Sprache	englisch
Dokumenttyp	gedruckt; online; Zeitschriftenaufsatz
ISSN	1534-9322
Schlagwörter	Leitfaden; Unterricht; Lehrer; Cartoons; Novels; Literature; Popular Culture; Writing (Composition); Interviews; Documentaries; Video Technology; Courses; College Students; Student Projects; Group Activities; Wisconsin + Suchen Sie Ihr Suchwort? Lesson concept; Instruction; Unterrichtsentwurf; Unterrichtsprozess; Teacher; Teachers; Lehrerin; Lehrende; Zeichentrickfilm; Novel; Roman; Literatur; Popkultur; Schreibübung; Interviewing; Interviewtechnik; Documentary film; Documentary films; Dokumentarfilm; Kursangebot; Collegestudent; Schulprojekt; Gruppenaktivität
Abstract	This section of English 177: Literature and Popular Culture, The Graphic Novel was designed to teach students to "make compelling arguments about and in various media" and to produce a "professional-like final product that represents their work to the world at large." While twice weekly lectures by Professor Robin Valenza explored the development of the graphic novel as a genre, my section meetings focused on multimodal composition, helping students hone analytical skills and guiding them to create multimodal texts. After analyzing comics as multimodal texts, students worked in teams to interview members of the comics community--cartoonists, librarians, comics store owners, researchers, etc.--and craft documentary videos. The course mobilized the analytic potential of the comics form and its multimodal nature to encourage production of authentic texts that students viewed as having value beyond the classroom. (As Provided).
Anmerkungen	University of Cincinnati. Department of English, P.O. Box 210069, Cincinnati, OH 45221. Tel: 513-556-6519; Fax: 513-556-5960; e-mail: compstudies@uc.edu; Web site: http://www.uc.edu/journals/composition-studies.html
Erfasst von	ERIC (Education Resources Information Center), Washington, DC
Update	2020/1/01