Selected graphic novels at the “Graphic Novel Book Club” and March meeting
English reading club on graphic novels with a monthly meeting for analysis and discussion.
One Wednesday a month at 18:XNUMX p.m. 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.
Next meeting: Wednesday, March 26, 2014.
Cycle “Same difference: other ways to see reality”.
4 different titles will be analyzed in the second semester. Among them “AD: New Orleans After the Deluge” by Josh Neufeld.
“AD: New Orleans After the Deluge is a masterful portrait of a city under siege. Cartoonist Josh Neufeld depicts seven extraordinary true stories of survival in the days leading up to and following Hurricane Katrina.”
Taken from Amazon.
See also:
http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/6398040-a-d
http://www.nytimes.com/2009/08/24/books/24neufeld.html?_r=0
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A.D.:_New_Orleans_After_the_Deluge
