Using Graphic Novels to Connect with Classic Literature

AvWilliam Boerman-Cornell,Tim Hendrickson

Inbunden, Engelska, 2026

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This book provides background, specific examples, and pedagogical structures for using graphic novel adaptations in the study of more traditional literature. Graphic novels can introduce a wide range of voices, strengthen student understanding, deepen interpretive skills, and teach students about the constraints and affordances of different formats and genres. The pairings and techniques explored in this book will unlock those immense benefits for today’s teachers. Teaching graphic novels helps us to break down the disciplinary distinction between Art and Literature, drawing on current trends in the Humanities to focus on making meaning through and interdisciplinary approach. As well as pairing classic texts with their adaptations, this book goes further, exploring more thematic pairings and how graphic novels can be paired with unrelated books to provide depth and historical context. Readers will find a wealth of teachable ideas, and specific advice on how to pair texts, from assessing the quality of adaptations to pairing for different learning outcomes. Theoretically sound and pedagogically engaging, this is an essential toolkit for using graphic novels and canonical literature to reinvigorate the literature classroom.

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Utgivningsdatum:2026-11-26
Mått:156 x 234 x undefined mm
Format:Inbunden
Språk:Engelska
Antal sidor:192
Förlag:Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
ISBN:9781350548565

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Bill Boerman-Cornell is a professor of Education at Trinity Christian College, USATimothy Hendrickson is an associate professor of English and department chair at Trinity Christian College, USAChristine Scholma is an associate professor of Special Education at Trinity Christian College, USAKristin Bolkema is affiliated faculty of Literature and Languages at Trinity Christian College, USA

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Acknowledgements Section 1: General Principles of Pairing Classic Literature and Graphic NovelsChapter 1 Understanding Graphic Novels, Bridging, and the CanonChapter 2 How to tell strong graphic novels from those less likely to be helpful in teachingChapter 3 Affordances and Constrains of Pairing for Charlotte Brontë’s Jane Eyre with the graphic novel JaneSection 2: Pairing Classic Literature with Graphic Novel AdaptationsChapter 4 Using adaptations: Gareth Hinds and HomerChapter 5 Teaching with Looser AdaptationsChapter 6 GN Adaptations strengthen how we teach Shakespeare Section 3: Pairing Classic Works and Graphic Novels that Have Related ThemesChapter 7 Confronting the Traumatic Past: Tess of the d’Urbervilles and the graphic novel adaptation of KindredChapter 8 Connecting to Multiple Themes with Multiple TextsChapter 9 Bridging the Poetry of the Harlem Renaissance and a contemporary Novel-in-verse with a graphic novelChapter 10 Elements of a Good Discussion about Paired Literature and Graphic Novels Index