Cartoons and comics. Walt Disney, Dr. Seuss - animals and animation; introduction to super heroes in comics

13 Março 2019, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

From Dr. Seuss to Walt Disney and Art Spiegelman’s Maus, animals and animation:

http://popularamericana.blogspot.com/2019/03/hw-for-march-13-inspired-on-art.html

Presentation on Disney's Duck family, along with excerpts from A. Dorfman and A. Matterlart, How to Read Donald Duck (1991 / 1972).

From racialized animals to immigrant superheroes, and the American Dream.

Text analysis exercise. Cartoons, comics, animals and animation.

11 Março 2019, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Teacher's model for text analysis.

http://popularamericana.blogspot.com/2019/02/text-analysis-teachers-model.html

Discussion of students' preparation exercises for text analysis.

http://popularamericana.blogspot.com/2019/03/watchmen-exercise-for-text-analysis.html

Watchmen and metafiction: the comic inside the comic.

Cartoons, comics, animals and animation (introd.)

Text analysis exercises.

Not Taught.

6 Março 2019, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Carnival vacation.

Not Taught.

4 Março 2019, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Carnival holidays.

Invited Lecturer: Rui Zink on crime narratives, detectives, superheroes and Watchmen.

27 Fevereiro 2019, 16:00 • Margarida Vale de Gato

Crime novels and the American detective, by Rui Zink:  http://popularamericana.blogspot.com/2015/03/crime-novel-in-us.htmlRui Zink on Watchmen:  http://popularamericana.blogspot.com/2015/05/rui-zink-on-watchmen.html
Text analysis homework for Carnival: http://popularamericana.blogspot.com/2019/03/watchmen-exercise-for-text-analysis.html