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Going Graphic: Understanding What Graphic Novels Are -- And Aren't -- Can Help Teachers Make The Best Use Of This Literary Form, James Carter
James B Carter
Best practice information for considering graphic novels in the k-12 classroom
Comics, The Canon, And The Classroom, James Carter
Comics, The Canon, And The Classroom, James Carter
James B Carter
This chapter, which explores what I call the canon-curriculum-culture connection in terms of comics and graphic novels, also offers definitions of the augmental and supplemental approaches to using graphic novels in the classroom. The link is to the "Google Books" version of the paper, which begins on page 47 of the book.
Die A Graphic Death:" Revisiting The Death Of Genre With Graphic Novels, James Carter
Die A Graphic Death:" Revisiting The Death Of Genre With Graphic Novels, James Carter
James B Carter
A revisitation of the concept of genre as it applies to graphica. I argue, as have others, that comics is a medium or art form rather than a genre. But, I also illustrate the concept for rhetoric's sake.
Transforming English With Graphic Novels: Moving Toward Our "Optimus Prime", James Carter
Transforming English With Graphic Novels: Moving Toward Our "Optimus Prime", James Carter
James B Carter
I argue for the transformative potential of graphic novels in the English classroom.
Building Literacy Connections With Graphic Novels: Page By Page, Panel By Panel, James Carter
Building Literacy Connections With Graphic Novels: Page By Page, Panel By Panel, James Carter
James B Carter
A book devoted to using graphic novels in the classroom for authentic literacy experiences, focusing upon pairing graphica with young adult or canonical texts. The URL is to the book's page at the publisher's.
Enchanting Readers With Revisionist Fairy Tales, James Carter
Enchanting Readers With Revisionist Fairy Tales, James Carter
James B Carter
"Students examine three examples of revisionist fairy tales in which female characters act in empowered roles rather than behaving helpless and submissive"
Alan Moore And The Graphic Novel: Confronting The Fourth Dimension, Mark Bernard, James Carter
Alan Moore And The Graphic Novel: Confronting The Fourth Dimension, Mark Bernard, James Carter
James B Carter
Comics, especially the works of Alan Moore, are examined as meeting the goals of modernist artists and writers due to their combination of image and text, succeedeing where neither form of expression could independently of one another.