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76-106
Graphic Literature
- Institution
- Carnegie Mellon University
- Course
- Writing About Literature, Art, and Culture
- Taught
- Fall 2020
Description
This 76106 course uses graphic literature to introduce to a variety of academic reading and writing practices that enable students to discuss texts and evidence from multiple perspectives. We will examine how literary and cultural scholars write about texts (defined broadly), how they make claims, provide reasoning, and use textual support to argue for particular ways of seeing cultural objects. Throughout the semester, students will draw upon prior strategies and develop new ones for close reading and for critical analysis in order to produce their own thesis-driven arguments about why texts matter.