Studying comics and graphic novels /
Kukkonen, Karin, 1980-
Studying comics and graphic novels / Karin Kukkonen. - viii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: how to use this book -- What's in a page: close-reading comics -- The way comics tell it: narration and narrators -- Narrating minds and bodies: autobiographical comics -- Novels and graphic novels: adaptations -- Comics and their history -- The study and criticism of comics -- Conclusion: comics as literature -- Appendix: more comics and graphic novels to read.
This introduction to studying comics and graphic novels is a structured guide to a popular topic. It deploys new cognitive methods of textual analysis and features activities and exercises throughout.
Text in English.
9781118499931 (cloth) 9781118499924 (pbk.)
2013015566
Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.
Graphic novels--History and criticism.
PN6710 / .K84 2013
741.59/K95
Studying comics and graphic novels / Karin Kukkonen. - viii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Introduction: how to use this book -- What's in a page: close-reading comics -- The way comics tell it: narration and narrators -- Narrating minds and bodies: autobiographical comics -- Novels and graphic novels: adaptations -- Comics and their history -- The study and criticism of comics -- Conclusion: comics as literature -- Appendix: more comics and graphic novels to read.
This introduction to studying comics and graphic novels is a structured guide to a popular topic. It deploys new cognitive methods of textual analysis and features activities and exercises throughout.
Text in English.
9781118499931 (cloth) 9781118499924 (pbk.)
2013015566
Comic books, strips, etc.--History and criticism.
Graphic novels--History and criticism.
PN6710 / .K84 2013
741.59/K95
