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Studying comics and graphic novels / Karin Kukkonen.

By: West Sussex, UK : John Wiley & Sons Ltd. , ©2013Description: viii, 182 pages : illustrations ; 24 cmContent type:
  • text.
ISBN:
  • 9781118499931 (cloth)
  • 9781118499924 (pbk.)
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Online version:: Studying comics and graphic novelsDDC classification:
  • 23 741.59/K95
LOC classification:
  • PN6710 .K84 2013
Other classification:
  • CAS
Contents:
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.
Summary: 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.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Status Barcode
Books Books College Library General Reference Section CAS 741.59/K95 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available 84051

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.

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