Reading Web Comics

[Note: Much of this information is taken from Scott McCloud’s wonderful book Understanding Comics.]

First: What are comics?

Haifaa El-Mansour, Wadjda

               

Written and directed by Haifaa El-Mansour, Wadjda is the first feature-length film ever made in Saudi Arabia by a female director. 

El-Mansour had more trouble funding this movie than she did making it – although clearly making it was no picnic either, since as a woman in the Saudi culture she is limited as to her public presence.  Thus, she had to do most of her directorial work from inside a van, relaying instructions to those outside.

Global Lit Assignments: Nov 27 - Dec 7

Tuesday-Thursday November 27 and 29: Movie, Wadjda. We'll be watching it in class.

Tuesday December 5: Read/View the following graphic stories/comics:

Anu, by Emily Carroll

His Face All Red, Emily Carroll

Darkness, Bouletcorp

“Bongcheon-Dong Ghost” by Horang (This one is seriously scary!  Feel free to skip it if you think it might be too much for you.)

Ghost in Masung Tunnel, by Horang

Thursday December 7: Final Exam, 2:45 p.m. In the classroom. For those of you writing the paper, the paper is due by this point as well, though you should feel free to email it to me at Kelly.Jennings@uafs.edu

Ngugi Wa Thiong’o, “Wedding at the Cross”

In “Wedding at the Cross,” Ngugi, who himself comes from a colonized country (Kenya, colonized by the British, among others), writes about a young man and a young woman, Wariuki and Miriamu.

Colonialism / Post-Colonialism

A definition of colonialism (From this site: Literary Terms and Definitions.) 

Leslie Marmon Silko, “Yellow Woman”

This is a post-modern as well as a post-colonial story. That is to say, it mixes both Western and Native American traditions, ancient and modern world views, as well as placing a tale of a colonized culture into a Post-colonial world.

Global Lit Assignment November 21 - Dec 5

Tuesday November 21: “Yellow Woman,” 1684-1690; “Wedding at the Cross,” 1692 -1702

Tuesday-Thursday November 27 and 29: Movie, Wadja. We'll be watching it in class.