Course Details

Course offered Spring 2022

HONORS 212 C: (Near)/Middle East Illustrated: Representations of Place, Culture and Society in Comics, Graphic Novels, Animation and Computer Games (A&H, DIV, W)

HONORS 212 C: (Near)/Middle East Illustrated: Representations of Place, Culture and Society in Comics, Graphic Novels, Animation and Computer Games (A&H, DIV, W)

SLN 15312 (View UW registration info »)

Selim Kuru (Near East Language and Literature)
Office: Denny 220F, Box 353120
Phone: 206-543-4959
Email: selims@uw.edu

Credits: 5
Limit: 30 students

Honors Credit Type

Through a variety of reading material, with a focus on a set of graphic novels, “(Near)/Middle East Illustrated” discusses verbal and visual expressions in order to represent Near and Middle East.

The course develops an understanding of imagined/promoted diversity through study of graphic novels and argues that diversity in the region is much more complicated. As students think about and discuss Orientalism, stock imagery, reporting vs. talking, facts vs. functions through short reading assignments, they will learn about history and today of the Near and Middle Eastern cultures.

Through visual depictions of most commonly discussed issues in the form of graphic novels in the region, students will be encouraged to incorporate relevant video games and anime in their projects or portfolio assignments.