Transfers ToUC and CSUCal-GETC Area 3B · IGETC Area 3B · CSU GE Area C2DescriptionOffered: Fall Semester, Odd Years This course examines graphic novels and related literature genres about characters from various ethnic, cultural, socio-economic, historical, and geo-political backgrounds. These graphic novels are analyzed with a focus on language, art, design, ideology, and content in order to explore the genre of the graphic novel as an art form as well as to recognize the undercurrent of themes running through this form of literature. Studying the artists' works and examining the historical, social, psychological, and cultural forces shaping the literary and artistic form of the graphic novel allows students to become aware of this genre of literature as a unique contribution to the study of literature and art. (GC) 