CRN 62688 – LIT 206 – L02
Course Title: Lit 206-L02 (linked with ENG 102-L02) “From Beowulf to Batman: Comic Books and World Literature”
Jan 17, 2011 – May 21, 2011
Days /times class meets (or online): M 11 – 12:15 (12:30 – 1:45 pm)
Class Location: J-263
Instructor: Richard Johnson (and Brian Cremins)
Instructor e-mail: rjohnson@harpercollege.edu
Learning Community: “From Beowulf to Batman.” This class is linked with ENG 102-L02 (CRN 62687). You must register for both classes/CRNs at the same time. (NOTE: Prerequisite for ENG 102 must be met prior to registration.)
Course Description: This class will explore the expressive techniques particular to each of these art forms—comic art and epic literary narratives. While the two forms may appear disparate in their concerns and approaches, they in fact share representational strategies which communicate universal themes of human loss, suffering, memory, and hope. Why is the loss of Batman’s parents central to his origin story? How is the death of Enkidu central to the development of Gilgamesh as an individual and a king? What is the connection between music and orality? Memory and writing? This class will create a learning environment in which students will draw on their own experiences with art, music, and literature to explore the central themes of the readings for the course.
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