LITR 017F. First-Year Seminar: Francophone Bande Dessinée and Graphic Novels

Bande dessinée and Graphic Novels of the Francophone World* The bande dessinée, the Francophone analog to comics, has evolved alongside art and youth culture to become a locus for expressions of sociocultural and aesthetic changes, as well as antiestablishment discourses. In the context of political and societal issues at stake in the francophone world such as social class, cultural diversity, and gender representation, this course will connect canonical comics (such as Topffer, Asterix and Tintin) with more current cutting-edge art forms including la nouvelle Manga and experimental graphic novels from Rwanda, Lebanon and Iran. Conducted in English. Texts in Translation.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for FREN
Spring 2023. Robison.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: Literatures in Translation  
Department website: http://www.swarthmore.edu/modern-languages-literatures

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