Using Graphic Novels to Connect with Classic Literature
Using Graphic Novels to Connect with Classic Literature
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This book provides background, specific examples, and pedagogical structures for using graphic novel adaptations in the study of more traditional literature. Graphic novels can introduce a wide range of voices, strengthen student understanding, deepen interpretive skills, and teach students about the constraints and affordances of different formats and genres. The pairings and techniques explored in this book will unlock those immense benefits for today's teachers.
Teaching graphic novels helps us to break down the disciplinary distinction between Art and Literature, drawing on current trends in the Humanities to focus on making meaning through and interdisciplinary approach. As well as pairing classic texts with their adaptations, this book goes further, exploring more thematic pairings and how graphic novels can be paired with unrelated books to provide depth and historical context. Readers will find a wealth of teachable ideas, and specific advice on how to pair texts, from assessing the quality of adaptations to pairing for different learning outcomes. Theoretically sound and pedagogically engaging, this is an essential toolkit for using graphic novels and canonical literature to reinvigorate the literature classroom.
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Table of Contents
Section 1: General Principles of Pairing Classic Literature and Graphic Novels
Chapter 1 Understanding Graphic Novels, Bridging, and the Canon
Chapter 2 How to tell strong graphic novels from those less likely to be helpful in teaching
Chapter 3 Affordances and Constrains of Pairing for Charlotte Brontë's Jane Eyre with the graphic novel Jane
Section 2: Pairing Classic Literature with Graphic Novel Adaptations
Chapter 4 Using adaptations: Gareth Hinds and Homer
Chapter 5 Teaching with Looser Adaptations
Chapter 6 GN Adaptations strengthen how we teach Shakespeare
Section 3: Pairing Classic Works and Graphic Novels that Have Related Themes
Chapter 7 Confronting the Traumatic Past: Tess of the d'Urbervilles and the graphic novel adaptation of Kindred
Chapter 8 Connecting to Multiple Themes with Multiple Texts
Chapter 9 Bridging the Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and a contemporary Novel-in-verse with a graphic novel
Chapter 10 Elements of a Good Discussion about Paired Literature and Graphic Novels
Index
Product details
| Published | Oct 29 2026 |
|---|---|
| Format | Ebook (Epub & Mobi) |
| Edition | 1st |
| Pages | 192 |
| ISBN | 9781350548589 |
| Imprint | Bloomsbury Academic |
| Illustrations | 15 bw illus |
| Publisher | Bloomsbury Publishing |
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