Middlebury Institute of International Studies at Monterey

Searchable Course Catalog

header image

AMST1045A-W21

Graphic Novel Postmodern City

The Graphic Novel and the Postmodern City
From dystopian visions of isolation and alienation to utopian illustrations of soaring towers and integrated communities, comics and graphic novels since the 1970s have represented a range of cityscapes and ways of living in them. Our efforts will focus on understanding how comics work as a cultural form distinct from others and how various artists and writers have imagined urban space in relatively recent U.S. cultural history. Some texts might include: Daniel Clowes, Ghost World; Alan Moore and David Lloyd, V for Vendetta; Chris Ware, Jimmy Corrigan, The Smartest Kid on Earth, and G. Willow Wilson and Adrian Alphono, Ms. Marvel.
Course Reference Number (CRN):
11519
Subject Code:
AMST
Course Number:
1045
Section Identifier:
A

Course

AMST 1045

All Sections in Winter 2021

Winter 2021

AMST1045A-W21 Lecture (Newbury)
AMST1045Y-W21 Discussion (Newbury)
AMST1045Z-W21 Discussion (Newbury)