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Out of the ground a furie infernal sterte,

From pluto sent at requeste of saturne,

For which his hors for fere gan to turne,

And leep aside, and foundred as he leep;

And er that arcite may taken keep,

He pighte hym on the pomel of his heed,

That in the place he lay as he were deed,

His brest tobrosten with his sadel-bowe.

Fresh Formating of

Classic Literature

So, let's make some comics!

Thank you for your attention!

Approaching Classical Literature Through

the Platform of Graphic Novels

WHICH TEXTS?

- Latin, Greek, Old Norse - ANYTHING!

- Possible Latin texts: fabulae, Passio S. Perpetuae, Cena Trimalchionis (most of the texts that PhDr. Subert teaches).

WHAT IF THERE WAS A WAY TO PRESENT CLASSICAL LANGUAGE AND LITERATURE...

MY PROPOSAL

- that attracts modern students

- can teach new vocabulary without a dictionary

- provides space to teach grammar and syntax

- demonstrates narrative and dialogue patterns

AND

- can be distributed in digital or paper format, functional for private use or easily copied for classroom teaching

WHY?

?

'SIMULATED WALK

THROUGH'

- comic books have been used to teach second languages great success.

- comic books promote 'multimodal literacy'

- classical language presented in comic book form can also be used to teach history and art history.

- approaching language through comics is more dynamic, and thus more memorable, for students than a traditional textbook.

HISTORIC FICTION ABOUT A

REAL PERSON OR EVENT

COMICS AND SECOND LANGUAGE ACQUISITION

- comics have been used to teach French since the 1940's

- Greek and Latin literature was meant to be recieved 'through the ear'; depicting the literature as active speech encourages students to experience it as such

- comics can show the social elements involved in speech such as gender, emotion and social status of the speaker.

PARODY

IMAGE AS A MEMORY AID

Beati Hispani quibus bibere vivere est!

COMIC BOOKS!

MULTIMODAL LITERACY

(AKA GRAPHIC NOVELS)

The comixture of words, images and the reader's eye generates a triangulation of meaning.

USING COMICS TO TEACH HISTORY AND ART HISTORY IN CONTEXT

Literary example: Chaucer's 'Knight's Tale'

HOW?

Out of the ground a furie infernal sterte,

From pluto sent at requeste of saturne,

For which his hors for fere gan to turne,

And leep aside, and foundred as he leep;

And er that arcite may taken keep,

He pighte hym on the pomel of his heed,

That in the place he lay as he were deed,

His brest tobrosten with his sadel-bowe.

- original text

- parody of an existing work

- historic fiction about a real person

- 'simulated walk through'

- imitation of a historical style

Out of the ground a furie infernal sterte,

From pluto sent at requeste of saturne,

For which his hors for fere gan to turne,

And leep aside, and foundred as he leep;

And er that arcite may taken keep,

He pighte hym on the pomel of his heed,

That in the place he lay as he were deed,

His brest tobrosten with his sadel-bowe.

'sadel-bow'?