Selected graphic novels in the “Graphic Novel Book Club”
Reading club in English on graphic novels aimed at young people in a broad sense (from 16 to 35 years old) with a monthly meeting for analysis and discussion.
One Wednesday a month at 18:XNUMX p.m. (new hours) in the library of the International Institute.
Required level of English: intermediate-high / advanced (level test can be requested from library@iie.es).
The library will have some copies of the chosen works to lend to participating members.
The activity will be led by Peter Savaiano and Alexander Makenzie, professors from the English department of the International Institute. Part of the sessions will focus on aspects of text analysis and others on graphic analysis.
Given the capacity limitation (15-20 participants) all those interested who want to participate must send a registration message to library@iie.es. The activity is part of the services offered to library members and they have priority in registration.
Carrying out the activity by non-members has an associated symbolic cost of €3 in a separate session. Tickets can be purchased in advance at the library counter the same week the activity is held up to 15 minutes before it starts.
Cycle “Same difference: other ways to see reality”.
4 different titles will be analyzed in the first semester. Among them "friends with boys” by Faith Erin Hicks.
“Maggie McKay hardly knows what to do with herself. After an idyllic childhood of homeschooling with her mother and rough-housing with her older brothers, it's time for Maggie to face the outside world, all on her own. But that means she is facing high school first. And it also means solving the mystery of the melancholy ghost who has silently followed Maggie throughout her entire life. Maybe it even means making a new friend—one who is n't one of her brothers from her. ”
Taken from Amazon.
See also:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Faith_Erin_Hicks
http://us.macmillan.com/friendswithboys/FaithHicks
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/11389398-friends-with-boys
http://www.nytimes.com/2012/02/29/books/friends-with-boys-by-faith-erin-hicks.html?_r=0
