| 学部・研究科Faculty/Graduate school | GISDepartment of Global and Interdisciplinary Studies |
| 添付ファイル名Attached documents | |
| 年度Year | 2023 |
| 授業コードClass code | A6281 |
| 旧授業コードPrevious Class code | |
| 旧科目名Previous Class title | |
| 開講時期Term | 秋学期授業/Fall |
| 曜日・時限Day/Period | 月3/Mon.3 |
| 科目種別Class Type | |
| キャンパスCampus | 市ヶ谷 / Ichigaya |
| 教室名称Classroom name | 市外濠‐S301 |
| 配当年次Grade | 2～4 |
| 単位数Credit(s) | 2 |
| 備考（履修条件等）Notes | |
| 他学部公開科目Open Program | |
| 他学部公開（履修条件等）Open Program (Notes) | |
| グローバル・オープン科目Global Open Program | |
| 成績優秀者の他学部科目履修制度対象Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers | |
| 成績優秀者の他学部科目履修（履修条件等）Interdepartmental class taking system for Academic Achievers (Notes) | 制度ウェブサイトの3．科目別の注意事項(1)GIS主催科目の履修上の注意を参照すること。 |
| 実務経験のある教員による授業科目Class taught by instructors with practical experience | |
| SDGsCPSDGs CP | |
| アーバンデザインCPUrban Design CP | |
| ダイバーシティCPDiversity CP | |
| 未来教室CPLearning for the Future CP | |
| カーボンニュートラルCPCarbon Neutral CP | |
| 千代田コンソ単位互換提供（他大学向け）Chiyoda Campus Consortium | |
| 旧科目との重複履修Duplicate Subjects Taken Under Previous Class Title | |
| カテゴリー（2024年度以降入学者）Category (commenced 2024 onwards) | |
| カテゴリー（2020～2023年度入学者）Category (commenced 2020-2023) | 200-level Intermediate Courses（中級） |
| カテゴリー（2016～2019年度入学者）Category (commenced 2016-2019) | 200-level Intermediate Courses Arts and Literature |
【授業の概要と目的（何を学ぶか） / Outline and objectives】
This class will introduce students to American comics and graphic novels, from their emergence in the Sunday newspapers of the 1890s to their current flourishing. Though often associated with superheroes, American comics are aesthetically diverse and thematically wide-ranging, engaging issues as disparate as familial relationships, immigration, illness and disability, gender and sexuality, race, and suburban loneliness. In the initial weeks, we will survey the history of American comics from their first appearance to the mid-century comics code and to the countercultural response of cartoonists of the 1970s. During these weeks, we will also develop a critical framework that will enable students to analyze the formal features of comics and to place those comics in their historical context. We will then turn to recent graphic novels that have appeared in the wake of Art Spiegelman’s groundbreaking Maus and Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen, including works by Alison Bechdel, John Lewis, Chris Ware, Joe Sacco, Peter Dunlap-Shohl, Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner, and Allie Brosh.
【到達目標 / Goal】
In addition to learning about the history of American comics and about the current landscape of graphic novels, students will strengthen their abilities to think critically and to analyze the interplay between text and image. Throughout the semester students will: 1) learn about the historical evolution of American comics from their origins in the 1890s to the emergence of contemporary graphic novels; 2) improve their ability to analyze graphic works written in English; 3) explain how key social and cultural factors have shaped the development of comics and graphic novels.
【この授業を履修することで学部等のディプロマポリシーに示されたどの能力を習得することができるか（該当授業科目と学位授与方針に明示された学習成果との関連） / Which item of the diploma policy will be obtained by taking this class?】
Will be able to gain “DP 1”, “DP 2”, “DP 3”, and “DP 4”.
【授業で使用する言語 / Default language used in class】
英語 / English
【授業の進め方と方法 / Method(s)】
（学期の途中で変更になる場合には、別途提示します。 /If the Method(s) is changed, we will announce the details of any changes. ）
Classes will emphasize discussion and group work, with lectures interspersed to provide historical and analytical context about the assigned readings. Each week students will be provided with 1) comics or excerpts from graphic novels and 2) a prompt to consider before class. Discussions will draw upon these prompts to help the students develop their critical and analytical skills. From time to time, students will also try their own hand at drawing comics. (Because the purpose of these exercises is to develop analytical skills, not to demonstrate artistic ability, your drawing skills will not be assessed.) Students will be assessed on their understanding of the class material through their presentation and a final paper. Students will receive feedback in class and in written form, based on a grading rubric.
【アクティブラーニング（グループディスカッション、ディベート等）の実施 / Active learning in class (Group discussion, Debate.etc.)】
あり / Yes
【フィールドワーク（学外での実習等）の実施 / Fieldwork in class】
なし / No
【授業計画 / Schedule】
授業形態 / methods of teaching：対面/face to face
※各回の授業形態は予定です。教員の指示に従ってください。
| 回 / No. | 各回の授業形態予定 / methods of teaching | テーマ / Theme | 内容 / Contents |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 対面/face to face | Introduction | Strategies of Reading American Comics and Graphic Novels |
| 2 | 対面/face to face | Early American Comics | Winsor McCay, George Herriman, Frank King |
| 3 | 対面/face to face | Moral Panic | Horror, Crime, and the Creation of the Comics Code Authority |
| 4 | 対面/face to face | Superheroes | From Joe Schuster and Jerry Siegel to Jack Kirby, Steve Ditko, and Stan Lee |
| 5 | 対面/face to face | Alternative Comics | The Underground Comix of 1970s |
| 6 | 対面/face to face | Breakthrough Graphic Novels I | Art Spiegelman’s Maus |
| 7 | 対面/face to face | Breakthrough Graphic Novels II | Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons’ Watchmen |
| 8 | 対面/face to face | Comic Masculinities | Chris Ware’s Jimmy Corrigan; Daniel Clowes’ The Death Ray |
| 9 | 対面/face to face | Genre I | Fictional World Building in Chris Ware’s Building Stories |
| 10 | 対面/face to face | Genre II | Autography in Alison Bechdel’s Fun Home, John Lewis’s March |
| 11 | 対面/face to face | Genre III | Comics Journalism in Joe Sacco’s Paying the Land, Jake Halpern and Michael Sloan’s Welcome to the New World |
| 12 | 対面/face to face | Genre IV | Comics Medicine in Peter Dunlap-Shohl’s My Degeneration, Allie Brosh’s Hyperbole and a Half, Harvey Pekar and Joyce Brabner’s Our Cancer Year |
| 13 | 対面/face to face | Class Presentations | Presentations |
| 14 | 対面/face to face | Class Presentations | Presentations and Review for Final Paper |
【授業時間外の学習（準備学習・復習・宿題等） / Work to be done outside of class (preparation, etc.)】
Students are expected to perform close readings of assigned texts and should be ready to engage in discussion each week. Preparatory study and review time for this class are 2 hours each. More details will be provided in class.
【テキスト（教科書） / Textbooks】
No textbook will be used. Handouts and reading materials will be provided by the lecturer, but students will need to purchase a graphic novel for their presentation and final paper. (Details about this final graphic novel will be provided in class, so students should not purchase any books before the course begins.)
【参考書 / References】
Carlin, John, et al. Masters of American Comics. Yale, 2005.
Chute, Hillary. Why Comics? From Underground to Everywhere. Harper Collins, 2017.
Hatfield, Charles, and Bart Beaty. Comics Studies: A Guidebook. Rutgers, 2020.
McCloud, Scott. Understanding Comics. HarperCollins, 1994.
【成績評価の方法と基準 / Grading criteria】
Participation 20%
Presentation 40%
Final paper 40%
【学生の意見等からの気づき / Changes following student comments】
None.
【Prerequisite】
None.