JPNS 316: War, Magna, and Comics

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Cross Listed
MCOM 316
PAGS 316
Program
Japanese Studies
Credits 3
Attributes
Diversity International,
Writing Intensive,
Upper-Level,
Pre-req,
Cross-listed

We will read (in translation) manga and comics that depict warfare on a spectrum of speculative to journalistic. We will discuss the ethics of storytelling, faithfulness to history/reality, official vs. unofficial narratives, empathy and compassion fatigue and unrespresentable.