Department of French and Italian

VT: “That’s Fumetti. A History of Italian Comics
Prerequisites: FRIT-M 300 or FRIT-M 301; or consent of instructor
Note:  COLL (CASE) A&H Breadth of Inquiry credit
COLL (CASE) Global Civ & Culture credit

This class explores the rich and diverse tradition of Italian comics from the origins in 1908s to the present. After discussing how to read a comic in a medium-specific way, we will analyze comics from the Fascist era, the post-war period, countercultural comics of the '60s and '70s, and modern comics. We will apply a transnational perspective - the only one that can account for how the most important Italian comic is about a cowboy from Texas, or how most Disney comics in history have been created in Italy. 

FRIT-305           #29521       MW        9:35 A-10:50 A      Prof Marco Arnaudo