Using Graphic Novels in the English Language Arts Classroom

William Boerman-Cornell is Professor of Education at Trinity College, USA. Jung Kim is Associate Professor of Literacy at Lewis University, USA.

• Introduction1. How to Read Graphic Novels as Literature 2. Studying Themes in Graphic Novels: Identity 3. Themes in Graphic Novels: The Horrors, Spoils, and Aftermath of War 4. Story Structure, Figurative Languages and Literary Terms 5. Graphic Novels and Literary Interpretation: The Basics 6. Graphic Novels and Literary Interpretation: More Challenging Lenses 7. Interdisciplinary Teaching 8. Graphic Novel Adaptations of Regular Books 9. Teaching Literary Nonfiction or Informational Text Reading with Graphic Novels 10. Creating Writing and Multimodal Composition 11. Finding Graphic Novels Appendix: List of Graphic Novels Index

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