graphic novels: literature studies expectation |
"explain how the study of literature has contributed to their understanding of human nature"
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In our investigations of the representation of gender, race, and age, in comic books and graphic novels, we are able to build on our understanding of how graphic novels and comic books have evolved in how they represent such large groups in our society and what it tells us about how see others, ourselves, and what our relationship to other genders, races, and ages is presently and has been in the past.
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gender representation in comics and graphic novels
There is a famous letter written by an 11 year old, female, comic fan named Rowan, that highlights the issue very clearly: