Studying Comics and Graphic Novels

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 experience
• Carefully structured to build a sequenced, rounded introduction to the subject
• Includes study activities, writing exercises, and essay topics throughout
• Dedicated chapters cover popular sub-genres such as autobiography and literary adaptation

Nyckelord: The Novel, Comics, graphic novel, autobiography, literary adaption, visual, storytelling, literature, media studies, cultural studies, textual analysis, metafiction, multi-perspective storytelling, 20th century literature, 21st century literature, Karin Kukkonen