"Literature in Panels: Exploring the Graphic Novel" is a one-semester elective designed to introduce high school students to the study of graphic novels as a legitimate and complex literary form. This course challenges students to think critically about how text and image work together to tell a story, exploring both the literary and artistic elements that make the graphic novel a powerful medium for communication, expression, and storytelling.
Students will engage in literary analysis, visual literacy, and creative writing, and will explore historical, cultural, and personal narratives through a diverse selection of graphic novels. The course will culminate in a final creative project: students will use a digital app to create their own graphic novel in which they are the protagonist, documenting their personal journey through the school year.