ENGL 1302Pleimann VisualAnalysisEssay DescriptionofAssignment: Analyzingagraphicnovelisfundamentallydifferentthananalyzingothertypesof literature becausetheimages allowsfordetail,complexityandstoryarcsthatareoften differentfromothergenres;thesestylizedimagesdistinctlypresentthenarrative alongsidetheuseofwrittenlanguage,orsometimesinplaceofwrittenlanguage. Youwillwriteananalysisofagraphicnovelofyourchoosing(mustbefulllength,and a non-serialgraphicnovel). Youmustevaluateandcritiquethegraphicnovelonthefollowingcriteria: Howtheimages enhance ordetractfromthenarrative. Howthestylisticartchoicesimpactedthepresentation. Youroverallevaluationofthestoryelements.Youmayfocusonthenarratives useofimagery,symbolism,characters,plot,andtheme,etc. Organization: Theintroduction shouldgivesomekeybackgroundonthegraphicandwhereitfits inthecanonoftheauthorsworks.Anyhistoricaldetailsconcerningtheauthororthe circumstancessurroundingthestoryscreationshouldremainintheintroductionor conclusion.Thethesisshouldindicatewhichelementsofthestoryyouwillanalyzeand whatisgainedthroughsuchanalysis. Pleaseunderlineyourthesis. Thebody willfocusontheevaluationcriteriawhicheachcriterion initsown paragraph. Theconclusion shouldrestateyourthesisandexamineanynewunderstandings aboutthevisualimages,artisticchoices,andstoryelements thatarisefromanalyzingthe shortstory.Whatisthelastingimpressionthatyouhadconcerningthisgraphicnovel? Whathaveyouuncoveredintheuseofvisualimages thatisworthremembering? EssayChecklist Myintroductionintroducesthegraphic novelandtheauthor (andartist). Ihaveawellwrittenthesisthatisunderlined. Myfirstbodysection isabouthowtheimages enhance ordetractfromthenarrative. Mysecondbodysection isabouthowthestylisticartchoicesimpacted the presentation. Mythirdbodysectionismyoverallevaluationofthestoryelements. Myconclusionrestatesmythesis. MyconclusionhighlightsnewunderstandingsIhaveaboutthegraphic novel. Myessayisatleastthreepages. Myessay has atleastthreesourcesquotedinmypaperANDatleastthreesources listed onmyWorksCitedpage. IformattedmypaperaccordingtoML Requirements: MLAformattedwithin-textcitationsandaworkscitedpage. You must have three sources for this assignment. Your sources will include a primary source (the graphic novel) and two secondary sources. One of your secondary sourcesmust be biographicalinformationabout theartist orauthor. Yoursecondsecondarysourcecanbecritical,biographical,orasecondworkby authororartist. 3pages(plusaworkscitedpage),typed,double-spaced,12ptfont,Times
