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Popular Culture and Narrative: Literature, Comics, and Culture

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Instructor: Prof. John Picker
Term: Fall 2010
Level: Undergraduate
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Lecture 1: Introduction

Lecture 2: Rosenberg, Yudl. The Golem and the Wondrous Deeds of the Maharal of Prague . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008, introduction and pp. 5-14, 31-66, and 95-112. ISBN: 9780300143201.

Lecture 3: Rosenberg, Yudl. The Golem and the Wondrous Deeds of the Maharal of Prague . New Haven, CT: Yale University Press, 2008, pp. 130-142, and 182-186. ISBN: 9780300143201. Boese, Carl and Paul Wegener. The Golem . (1920).

Lecture 4: Burroughs, Edgar R. Tarzan of the Apes . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2010, chapters 1-14. ISBN: 9780199542888.

Lecture 5: Burroughs, Edgar R. Tarzan of the Apes . New York, NY: Oxford University Press, 2010, chapters 15-28. ISBN: 9780199542888.

Lecture 6: Siegel, Jerome, and Joe Shuster. “The Reign of the Super-Man” (1933 short story); origin of Superman (1938 drafts of daily strip); Action Comics #1-2 (1938); origin story from Superman #1 (1939)

Lecture 7: Lee, Stan, and Jack Kirby. “The Fantastic Four” (1961) and “The Incredible Hulk” (1962)

Lecture 8: Chabon, Michael. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay . New York, NY: Picador, 2001, part 1. ISBN: 9780312282998.

Lecture 9: Chabon, Michael. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay . New York, NY: Picador, 2001, part 2. ISBN: 9780312282998. Simon, J., and J. Kirby. “Captain America” (1941)

Lecture 10: Chabon, Michael. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay . New York, NY: Picador, 2001, part 3. ISBN: 9780312282998. Marston, William Moulton, and Harry Peter. “Wonder Woman” (1942)

Lecture 11: Chabon, Michael. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay . New York, NY: Picador, 2001, part 4. ISBN: 9780312282998. Siegel, and Shuster. “How Superman Would End the War” (1940)

Lecture 12: Chabon, Michael. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay . New York, NY: Picador, 2001, part 5. ISBN: 9780312282998.

Lecture 13: Chabon, Michael. The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay . New York, NY: Picador, 2001, part 6. ISBN: 9780312282998. Wertham, Fredric. Excerpt from Seduction of the Innocent.

Lecture 14: Schulz, Charles M. The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 . Vol. 1. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2004, pp. 1-131. ISBN: 9781560975892.

Lecture 15: Schulz, Charles M. The Complete Peanuts 1950-1952 . Vol. 1. Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2004, pp. 131-287. ISBN: 9781560975892.

Lecture 16: Clowes, Daniel. Ghost World . Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2001, pp. 1-38. ISBN: 9781560974277.

Lecture 17: Clowes, Daniel. Ghost World . Seattle, WA: Fantagraphics, 2001, pp. 38-80. ISBN: 9781560974277.

Lecture 18: Zwigoff, Terry. Ghost World . (2001).

Lecture 19: Sturm, James. James Sturm’s America: God, Gold, and Golems . Montreal, Canada: Drawn and Quarterly, 2007, pp. 83-123. ISBN: 9781897299050.

Lecture 20: Sturm, James. James Sturm’s America: God, Gold, and Golems . Montreal, Canada: Drawn and Quarterly, 2007, pp. 123-186. ISBN: 9781897299050.

Lecture 21: Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis . New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 2007, first part, pp. 1-153. ISBN: 9780375714832.

Lecture 22: Satrapi, Marjane. The Complete Persepolis . New York, NY: Pantheon Books, 2007, pp. 155-341. ISBN: 9780375714832.

Lecture 23: Paronnaud, Vincent and Marjane Satrapi. Persepolis . (2007).

Lecture 24: Conclusion