Fall 2022  |  AMES 3256 Section 001: Graphic Novels: Conflict, Peace and Protest (33787)

Instructor(s)
Class Component:
Lecture
Credits:
3 Credits
Grading Basis:
Student Option
Instructor Consent:
No Special Consent Required
Instruction Mode:
In Person
Class Attributes:
UMNTC Liberal Education Requirement
Times and Locations:
Regular Academic Session
 
09/06/2022 - 12/14/2022
Tue, Thu 09:45AM - 11:00AM
UMTC, East Bank
Appleby Hall 11
Enrollment Status:
Open (28 of 30 seats filled)
Also Offered:
Course Catalog Description:
This course will examine a particular medium - graphic novel - which is inherently rich in visual, narrative, and linguistic components. The materials chosen for this course are driven by wars and conflicts in the following four regions: East Asia, South Asia, Southeast Asia, and the Middle East. Through these selected works, we will explore histories of political conflicts, state violence, anticipation for peace as well as understandings and praxes of protest in various forms, namely, social movements; mourning; remembrance; art making; and writing. Given the nature of conflict that always goes above and beyond the question of nation-state, this course will also discuss its amplification to the question of migration, refugee crisis, displacement, and multi-generational trauma among diasporic subjects. Located at the intersection of conflict, peace, and protest, this course not only introduces students to historical processes and complexities of these conflicts - both from the national and international points of view - but also challenges students to question the potentials of graphic novels in mediating these histories and discourses around human rights for readers. Finally, this class explores ways in which we can engage with each other via our shared history and vulnerability, and questions whether peace and resolution promised to our generation via the discourse of human rights are, or will ever be, attainable.
Class Description:
Library course page for Fall 22 required materials now available through the library system: https://na01.alma.exlibrisgroup.com/leganto/public/01UMN_INST/lists/2280515853670001701?auth=SAML
Grading:
Attendance/Class Participation 15%
Four written analyses (every 4 week) 60%
Group work (Discussion Leading/Study Worksheet) 15%
Final written reflection 10%
Exam Format:
No exam
Class Format:
In-person
Textbooks:
https://bookstores.umn.edu/course-lookup/33787/1229
Instructor Supplied Information Last Updated:
2 August 2022

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