Course Code			AKE 2016
Name of the Course			Graphic Narratives
Instructor			Dr. Arsev A. Arslanoğlu
Office			Block:A Room: 114
Office Hours			Thursday 10:30-12:00
E-mail			arsev@yahoo.com
Course Description			This course aims at introducing the students graphic narrative as a genre.
Course Requirements			Students are expected to come to class having read the assigned text and participate in the discussion.
The book/books to be used			Given below.
Attendance			Minimum %70
Grading			There will be one midterm examination (50%) and a final examination (50%)
Week	Date		Schedule
1	04.03	08.03	Introduction to the course The Aesthetics of Comics Chapter 1
2	11.03	15.03	The Aesthetics of Comics, Chapter 2-3-4
3	18.03	22.03	The Aesthetics of Comics, Chapter 5-6-7
4	25.03	29.03	Krazy Kat and Ignatz Mouse, George Herriman .
5	01.04	05.04	Selections from New York: Life in the Big City, Will Eisner
6	08.04	12.04	Selections from A Contract with God, Will Eisner
7	15.04	19.04	Examples from contemporary American comics
8	22.04	26.04	Official Holiday (April 23)
9	29.04	03.05	The Anime Machine: A Media Theory of Animation, Thomas Lamarre
10	06.05	10.05	Midterm Examination
11	13.05	17.05	Evangelion (anime)
12	20.05	24.05	El Hazard (anime)
13	27.05	31.05	Apple Seed (manga+anime)
14	03.06	07.06	Voices of a Distant Star (anime);
15	10.06	14.06	Concluding Remarks