{"product_id":"studying-comics-and-graphic-novels-paperback-softback-9781118499924","title":"Studying Comics and Graphic Novels (Paperback \/ softback) 9781118499924","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eStudying Comics and Graphic Novels\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cp\u003e“A much-needed textbook that provides an analytical toolkit to bring to bear on the complexities of comics as narrative art and cultural practice. It is both rigorous and reader-friendly: the case-study approach encourages an active application of the conceptual framework that is carefully built up. This book is a real asset for all students of comics.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eAnn Miller\u003c\/b\u003e, University of Leicester\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e“Karin Kukkonen's \u003ci\u003eStudying Comics\u003c\/i\u003e provides the reader with the tools necessary to transform themselves quickly from a comics reader to a comics \u003ci\u003escholar,\u003c\/i\u003e capable of engaging graphic narratives from a broad range of approaches and ready to engage in this dynamic and emerging field of study. This is a smart introduction that takes both its readers and its comics very seriously indeed, while always remaining lively and accessible.” —\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003eJared Gardner,\u003c\/b\u003e Ohio State University\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eKarin Kukkonen (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781118499924, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 30 August 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e192 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.4 x 14.7 x 1.5 cm, 0.272 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis 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.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eDeploys novel cognitive approaches to analyze the importance of psychological and physical aspects of reader experience\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eCarefully structured to build a sequenced, rounded introduction to the subject\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes study activities, writing exercises, and essay topics throughout\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDedicated chapters cover popular sub-genres such as autobiography and literary adaptation\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments vii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction: How to Use This Book 1\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWhat This Book Holds 2\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eWorking Definitions 4\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e1 What's in a Page: Close-Reading Comics 7\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCognitive Processes and Critical Terms 7\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNavigating the Comics Page 16\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEntering the Storyworld and Meeting its Participants 19\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComics Analysis – A Basic Checklist 26\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e2 The Way Comics Tell it: Narration and Narrators 31\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eShowing and Telling 31\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStory, Discourse, and Plot 34\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Narrator 39\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarration, Focalization, and Point of View 44\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNarrative as Meaning-Making 48\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGraphic Narrative – A Basic Checklist 49\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e3 Narrating Minds and Bodies: Autobiographical Comics 55\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eStyle and Subjectivity 55\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAutographic Agents 57\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEmbodiment 60\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelf-Reflexivity 61\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTime, Story, and History 65\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAlternative Agendas and Authenticity 68\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e4 Novels and Graphic Novels: Adaptations 73\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTransporting Stories 74\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMedia Affordances and Adaptation Strategies 75\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFidelity in Adaptation 80\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eLiterary Complexity 85\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Page Revisited 90\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e5 Comics and Their History 99\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Beginnings of Comics History 99\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePrecursors in Emergent Mass Culture 102\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eNewspaper Comics (1900s–1930s) 103\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Comic Book (1930–54) 106\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComics Censorship (1954) 110\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComics as Popular Culture 113\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreaking the Code 1: Pop Art and Underground Comix 117\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eBreaking the Code 2: The British Invasion 118\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e6 The Study and Criticism of Comics 123\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eResources for Studying Comics 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAccess to Comics Texts 123\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical Work on Comics 124\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCritical Approaches to Comics 125\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComics Semiotics 126\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eComics Narratology 128\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCognitive Approaches to Comics 129\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHistorical and Auteurist Approaches 131\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eCultural Studies and Gender Studies 133\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003ePsychoanalysis 134\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eHow to Write Your Essay on Comics 139\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Crime Scene 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eThe Witnesses 142\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eMaking Your Case 144\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEnd Credits 146\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eConclusion: Comics as Literature 149\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAppendix: More Comics and Graphic Novels to Read 155\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eGlossary 167\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 179\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; 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