Course overview
Comics and drawing can be a powerful form of autobiographical lifewriting, which pack a double-punch with their use of both images and words. This course will discuss the history and practice of autobiographical comics, covering a range of cultural perspectives, including their publication in Australia, where they are a well-established and innovative practice. Students will apply what they've learned by creating comics about their own lives.
Course learning outcomes
- describe key features of the different histories and traditions of autobiographical comics and graphic novels
- identify, explain and apply a detailed understanding of the strengths and limitations of various autobiographical narrative forms, drawing upon key exemplar texts
- describe and analyse digital autobiographical comics
- identify and evaluate the current state of the national, local and international autobiographical comic book industry and describe their own work in relation to this
- identify and apply skills in narrative analysis, script writing, story-boarding and/or drawing and transfer learning to an appropriate academic, professional or industry context
- demonstrate a critical perspective about how autobiographical comics creation contributes to public life in a variety of ways
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