Novel perspectives on German-language comics studies : history, pedagogy, theory / edited by Lynn Marie Kutch.

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Kutch, Lynn M., 1970- editor.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc--Germany--History and criticism.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Germany.

Genre:

Criticism, interpretation, etc.

Physical Description:

x, 289 pages : black and white illustrations ; 24 cm

Place of Publication:

Lanham, Maryland : Lexington Books, [2016]

Summary:

Novel Perspectives on German-Language Comics Studies: History, Pedagogy, Theory gathers an international team of contributors from two continents whose innovative scholarship demonstrates a regard for comics and graphic novels as works of art in their own right. The contributions serve as models for further research that will continue to define the relationship between comics and other traditional "high art" forms, such as literature and the visual arts. Novel Perspectives on German-Language Comics Studies is the first English-language anthology that focuses exclusively on the graphic texts of German-speaking countries. In its breadth, this book functions as an important resource in a limited pool of critical works on German-language comics and graphic novels. The individual chapters differ significantly from one another in methodology, subject matter, and style. Taken together, however, they present a cross-section of comics and graphic novel scholarship being performed in North America and Europe today. Moreover, they help to secure a place for these works in a globalized culture of comics. This volume's contributors have helped create a new critical language within which this rapidly expanding medium can be read and interpreted. Book jacket.

Contents:

I Contexts and Histories

1 German Comics: Form, Content, and Production / Matt Hambro Hambro, Matt 19

2 Before They Were "Art": (West) German Proto-Comics and Comics: A Brief and Somewhat Subjective Survey / Eckhard Kuhn-Osius Kuhn-Osius, Eckhard 37

II German Cultural Education

3 "Nothing but Exclamation Points?": Comics in the Bavarian Academic High School / Jens Kußmann Kußmann, Jens 67

4 The Book of Revelation as Graphic Novel: Reimagining the Bible in Present-Day Europe / Jan Alexander van Nahl Nahl, Jan Alexander van 93

III Graphic Novels: Hands-On

5 Using Graphic Novels for Content Learning in the German-Studies Classroom: The Basel City Reportage Operation Läckerli / Julia Ludewig Ludewig, Julia 121

6 "Show and Tell": Using Graphic Novels for Teaching East German History in the Novice and Intermediate Foreign- Language German Classroom / Antje Krueger Krueger, Antje 143

IV Generations of German History

7 Tension Acrobatics in Comic Art: Line Hoven's Liebe schaut weg / Bernadette Raedler Raedler, Bernadette 171

8 Perspectivity in Graphic Novels about War: Germany's Bundeswehr Operation in Afghanistan / Joshua Kavaloski Kavaloski, Joshua 191

V Austrian Voices

9 Cultural Legitimacy and Nicolas Mahler's Autobiographical Comics / Vance Byrd Byrd, Vance 215

10 The Perfection of Imperfection: Nicolas Mahler's Alte Meister / Brett Sterling Sterling, Brett 237

11 Patterns of Memory and Self-Confrontation in Gerald Hartwig's Chamäleon / Lynn Marie Kutch Kutch, Lynn Marie 259.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Online version: Novel perspectives on German-language comics studies

ISBN:

9781498526227

1498526225

OCLC:

946032204