FREN 075. Witness Draw Resist: Representing Peace and Justice in Comics

Crosslisted with LITR 075F
Witness Draw Resist is a new course that examines the use of modern fictional and nonfiction comics and graphic novels to represent critical conflicts in recent history, including the Holocaust, the Iranian Revolution, the Israelo-Palestinian Conflict, the 1982 and 2006 Lebanon Wars, the Rwandan genocide, and the ongoing “refugee crisis.” This course introduces students to the theory and methodology of comics analysis in conjunction with their role in memorial and democratic praxes, whether to bear witness, teach on socio-political issues, promote human rights or serve advocacy groups. We’ll also explore current debates on the depiction of traumatic history through this highly commercial medium-traditionally associated with lighter content, and the extent to which these graphic works may help understand crises in a new light. Course is taught in English.
Humanities.
1 credit.
Eligible for FREN.
Spring 2026. Gueydan-Turek.
Catalog chapter: Modern Languages and Literatures: French and Francophone Studies
Department website: https://www.swarthmore.edu/french-francophone-studies

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