Mar 28, 2024  
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LAS 235 - Advanced Topics: Decolonizing Comics: Latinx Graphic Novel (1)

The production and distribution of Latinx Graphic Narratives is a literary phenomenon undergoing with rapid evolution in the United States. Comics, graphic novels, illustrated short stories and illustrations are produced and distributed by multidisciplinary sources and independent artists. These texts explore diverse themes such as the colonization, borders, national identity, First, Second and Third generation’s life experiences, bilingualism and the indigenous past. Latinx Graphic Narratives have succeeded in making notable interventions in the public sphere with regard to the interpretation of landmark national, historical and civic events. This course will devote special attention to comic book storytelling that shines light on stories by and about Latinx-identified persons in the United States. Students taking this class will read and analyze sequential art that moves beyond textual epistemologies in an effort to decolonize or decentralize history through personalized stories. This class is meant to be a place to learn and discuss our ideas on Latinx comics and decolonization tactics.
(Humanities)