Course encompassed in the 36^th Summer University of Gandia

Overview

In recent years, the comic has found the perfect ground for exploring social issues. The language of graphic narration has become the perfect mean for disseminating ideas, concepts and feelings by using its symbolical possibilities. It is particularly important in terms of feminism, social and cultural diversity, political conflicts, trauma and disease. This course explores the representation of Human Rights in the 9^th art from different perspectives. Coordinator: Álvaro M. Pons Moreno, professor of the Department of Optics and Optometry and Vision Sciences, Universitat de València.

PROGRAMME:

Thursday 18^th July

MORNING

From 9:30 a.m. to 10 a.m.

Presentation of the course

From 10 a.m. to 11:30 a.m.

“Social Comic, a new genre for the 9^th art”

Álvaro M. Pons Moreno (Universitat de València)

From 11:30 a.m. to 1 p.m.

“Sexed girls in the comic”

Adela Mas Talavera (Universitat de València).

1 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

“I saw it! Comic strips about the disasters of war”

Elisa G. McCausland (Universidad Complutense de Madrid)

12:30 p.m. to 2 p.m.

“Women in Yemen: from the ground to the comic strip”

Pedro Riera (scriptwriter of Intisar en el Exilio)

2 p.m. to 2:30 p.m.

“Conclusions of the course”