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Course Code etc
Academic Year 2024
College College of Arts
Course Code AM053
Theme・Subtitle Graphic Narrative (2): Chris Ware, David Mazzucchelli, and Nick Drnaso
Class Format Face to face (all classes are face-to-face)
Class Format (Supplementary Items)
Campus Seminar
Campus Ikebukuro
Semester Fall semester
DayPeriod・Room Fri.2
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Credits 2
Course Number EAL2411
Language English
Class Registration Method Automatic Registration
Assigned Year 配当年次は開講学部のR Guideに掲載している科目表で確認してください。
Prerequisite Regulations
Acceptance of Other Colleges 履修登録システムの『他学部・他研究科履修不許可科目一覧』で確認してください。
Course Cancellation ×(履修中止不可/ Not eligible for cancellation)
Online Classes Subject to 60-Credit Upper Limit
Relationship with Degree Policy 各授業科目は、学部・研究科の定める学位授与方針(DP)や教育課程編成の方針(CP)に基づき、カリキュラム上に配置されています。詳細はカリキュラム・マップで確認することができます。
Notes

【Course Objectives】

In this class, students will learn how to analyze and describe the structure and content of graphic narrative. This course will focus on the visual and rhetorical mechanisms of the graphic novel and will involve the study of narrative both as a form of communication and as a visual/poetic device.

Students are expected to attend class every week and participate actively in each of the class sessions. Students will be expected to complete all of the weekly readings and writing assignments. And all students are required to submit (and revise) a research paper on one of the texts discussed during the course.

Course Texts will include:

- Chris Ware, "Rusty Brown" (2019)
- David Mazzucchelli, "Asterios Polyp" (2009)
- Nick Drnaso, "Sabrina" (2018)

【Course Contents】

Successful completion of this course should indicate an understanding of . . .
1. the cultural, aesthetic, and historical influences surrounding 20th and 21st century American graphic narrative
2. the structure and visual poetics of graphic narrative
3. some of the many means of analyzing comics and other graphic texts

This course also involves the development of the following skills . . .
1. the ability to identify the visual and verbal components of a graphic text
2. the ability to analyze the content of a narrative
3. the ability to compose (and revise) a coherent essay in English

Japanese Items

【授業計画 / Course Schedule】

1 Chris Ware
Reading: Rusty Brown (2019)

In-class Reading: Ware, “Introduction”, Rusty Brown
2 Chris Ware
Reading: Rusty Brown (2019)

In-class Reading: Ware, “Chapter One”, Rusty Brown
3 Chris Ware
Reading: Rusty Brown (2019)

In-class Reading: Ware, “Chapter Two”, Rusty Brown
4 Chris Ware
Reading: Rusty Brown (2019)

In-class Reading: Ware, “Chapter Three”, Rusty Brown
5 Chris Ware
Reading: Rusty Brown (2019)

In-class Reading: Ware, “Chapter Four”, Rusty Brown
6 David Mazzucchelli
Asterios Polyp (2009)

In-class Reading: Mazzucchelli, “Part One,” Asterios Polyp
7 David Mazzucchelli
Asterios Polyp (2009)

In-class Reading: Mazzucchelli, “Part Two,” Asterios Polyp
8 David Mazzucchelli
Asterios Polyp (2009)

In-class Reading: Mazzucchelli, “Part Three,” Asterios Polyp
9 David Mazzucchelli
Asterios Polyp (2009)

In-class Reading: Mazzucchelli, “Part Four,” Asterios Polyp
10 Nick Drnaso
Sabrina (2018)

In-class Reading: Drnaso, “Part One,” Sabrina
11 Nick Drnaso
Sabrina (2018)

In-class Reading: Drnaso, “Part Two,” Sabrina
12 Nick Drnaso
Sabrina (2018)

In-class Reading: Drnaso, “Part Three,” Sabrina
13 Nick Drnaso
Sabrina (2018)

In-class Reading: Drnaso, “Part Four,” Sabrina
14 Final Presentations

【活用される授業方法 / Teaching Methods Used】

板書 /Writing on the Board
スライド(パワーポイント等)の使用 /Slides (PowerPoint, etc.)
上記以外の視聴覚教材の使用 /Audiovisual Materials Other than Those Listed Above
個人発表 /Individual Presentations
グループ発表 /Group Presentations
ディスカッション・ディベート /Discussion/Debate
実技・実習・実験 /Practicum/Experiments/Practical Training
学内の教室外施設の利用 /Use of On-Campus Facilities Outside the Classroom
校外実習・フィールドワーク /Field Work
上記いずれも用いない予定 /None of the above

【授業時間外(予習・復習等)の学修 / Study Required Outside of Class】

Each session will involve a lecture component, student presentations, and a close reading of the text(s) assigned for the week.

Students should be prepared to analyze each of the readings from a number of perspectives. Also, students will be expected to have read the assigned text(s) prior to each session.

【成績評価方法・基準 / Evaluation】

種類 (Kind)割合 (%)基準 (Criteria)
平常点 (In-class Points)100 Writing Assignments(30%)
Final Presentation(30%)
最終レポート(Final Report)(40%)
備考 (Notes)

【テキスト / Textbooks】

その他 (Others)
All course texts will be distributed as PDF files.

【参考文献 / Readings】

【履修にあたって求められる能力 / Abilities Required to Take the Course】

【学生が準備すべき機器等 / Equipment, etc., that Students Should Prepare】

Many of the materials for this course will be distributed as PDF files, so the regular use of a computer and/or tablet will be necessary.

【その他 / Others】

NOTE: Some of the reading material discussed during the course contains sexually explicit imagery and scenes describing violence. Student self-discretion is advised. Class discussions and seminar sessions may refer directly and/or indirectly to this content.

【注意事項 / Notice】