Abstract
In this essay, a case study approach is used to examine ways in which comics and graphic narratives can be used to provide a context within which undergraduate students may theorize about culture. The authors employed Batman: Year One as an organizing narrative for students to theorize about culture and communication. Specifically, students were challenged to (1) understand applications of communication theory in the context of graphic narrative, (2) use graphic narrative as a space for theorizing about communication and culture outside of comics, (3) utilize narrative theory to extrapolate meaning from complex, multi-modal forms of communication. While this case study is situated within the Communication Discipline, the project may be customized to fit courses related to Rhetoric (English), Narrative Theory, or Critical/Cultural Studies.
Recommended Citation
Hammonds, Kyle A. and Anderson-Lain, Karen
(2020)
"The Batman Comes to Class: Popular Culture as a Tool for Addressing Reflexive Pain,"
Dialogue: The Interdisciplinary Journal of Popular Culture and Pedagogy: Vol. 7:
Iss.
1, Article 4.
Available at:
https://digitalcommons.unl.edu/dialogue/vol7/iss1/4
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American Popular Culture Commons, Critical and Cultural Studies Commons, Curriculum and Social Inquiry Commons, Film and Media Studies Commons, Scholarship of Teaching and Learning Commons, Sociology of Culture Commons