Studying comics and graphic novels [Elektronisk resurs] / Karin Kukkonen.

• Studying Comics and Graphic Novels; Copyright; Contents; Acknowledgments; Introduction: How to Use This Book; What This Book Holds; Working Definitions; Recommended Reading; References; 1 What's in a Page: Close-Reading Comics; Cognitive Processes and Critical Terms; Navigating the Comics Page; Entering the Storyworld and Meeting its Participants; Comics Analysis - A Basic Checklist; Note; Recommended Reading; References; Comics Discussed; 2 The Way Comics Tell it: Narration and Narrators1; Showing and Telling; Story, Discourse, and Plot; The Narrator. 
• Narration, Focalization, and Point of ViewNarrative as Meaning-Making; Graphic Narrative - A Basic Checklist; Note; Recommended Reading; References; Comics Discussed; 3 Narrating Minds and Bodies: Autobiographical Comics; Style and Subjectivity; Autographic Agents; Embodiment; Self-Reflexivity; Time, Story, and History; Alternative Agendas and Authenticity; Note; Recommended Reading; References; Comics Discussed; 4 Novels and Graphic Novels: Adaptations; Transporting Stories; Media Affordances and Adaptation Strategies; Fidelity in Adaptation; Literary Complexity; The Page Revisited. 
• Recommended ReadingReferences; Comics Discussed; 5 Comics and Their History; The Beginnings of Comics History; Precursors in Emergent Mass Culture; Newspaper Comics (1900s-1930s); The Comic Book (1930-54); Comics Censorship (1954); Comics as Popular Culture; Breaking the Code 1: Pop Art and Underground Comix; Breaking the Code 2: The British Invasion; Notes; Recommended Reading; References; Comics Discussed; 6 The Study and Criticism of Comics; Resources for Studying Comics; Access to Comics Texts; Critical Work on Comics; Critical Approaches to Comics; Comics Semiotics; Comics Narratology. 
• Cognitive Approaches to ComicsHistorical and Auteurist Approaches; Cultural Studies and Gender Studies; Psychoanalysis; Recommended Reading; References; How to Write Your Essay on Comics; The Crime Scene; The Witnesses; Making Your Case; End Credits; Recommended Reading; Conclusion; Comics as Literature; References; Appendix: More Comics and Graphic Novels to Read; Glossary; Index. 

• 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. Deploys novel cognitive approaches to analyze the importance of psychological and physical aspects of reader experienceCarefully structured to build a sequenced, rounded introduction to the subjectIncludes study activities, writing exercises, and essay topics throughoutDedicated chapters cover popular sub-genres such as autobiography and literary adaptation 

Ämnesord

Tecknade serier  -- historia (sao)

Comic books, strips, etc.  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Graphic novels  -- History and criticism. (LCSH)

Serieromaner  -- historia (sao)

Comic books, strips, etc. -- History and criticism. 

Comic books, strips, etc. -- Study and teaching. 

Graphic novels -- History and criticism. 

Genre

Analys och tolkning  (saogf)

Electronic books.  (LCSH)

Klassifikation

PN6710 .K84 2014 (LCC)

741.59 (DDC)

741.5 (DDC)

G.05 (kssb/8 (machine generated))

H.05 (kssb/8 (machine generated))