Graphic Novels: Being (Super)Human

Course Schedule with Activity Due Dates

You should have read the chapters listed BEFORE the class where they're listed. The in-class questions will address those chapters, so if you have not read those chapters, you will not do well on the in-class quizzes.
Date Reading Due Other Material Due

1/12

1/14

Syllabus, schedule, academic honesty

Introduction to Comics/Graphic Novels

1/19

1/21

Understanding Comics, Chapters 1-2

Understanding Comics, Chapters 3-4

1/26

1/28

Understanding Comics, Chapters 5-6

Understanding Comics, Chapters 7-8

2/2

2/4

Understanding Comics, Chapter 9

Maus I, Chapters 1-2

2/9

2/11

Maus I, Chapters 3-4

Maus I, Chapters 5-6

2/16

2/18

Maus II, Chapters 1-2

Maus II, Chapters 3-4

2/23

2/25

Maus II, Chapter 5

The Handmaid's Tale, Chapters 1-4

3/2

3/4

The Handmaid's Tale, Chapters 5-8

The Handmaid's Tale, Chapters 9-12

 

Exam 1

3/9

3/11

The Handmaid's Tale, Chapter 13 - Historical Notes

The Handmaid's Tale, Review

 

Paper #1 Due

3/23

3/25

Footnotes in Gaza, pp. 1-56

Footnotes in Gaza, pp. 57-1166

3/30

4/1

Footnotes in Gaza, pp. 117-174

Footnotes in Gaza, pp. 175-244

4/6

4/8

Footnotes in Gaza, pp. 245-326

Footnotes in Gaza, pp. 327-388

4/13

4/15

Watchmen, Chapters 1-2

Watchmen, Chapters 3-4

4/20

4/22

Watchmen, Chapters 5-6

Watchmen, Chapters 7-8

4/27

4/29

Watchmen, Chapters 9-10

Watchmen, Chapters 11-12

 

Paper #2 due

5/6

12:30 pm - 2:30 pm

Exam #2