Saturday, February 23, 2008

Geekfield's Guide to English Lit.

Last semester I took a lit. theory class. We had an assignment where we could do anything we wanted as long as it demonstrated something about English literature and theory. I started out making a CD, a song cycle of original material that would include major movements all set to the rhythm of a drum machine. What a bad idea. I still have the rhythm tracks but thankfully abandoned the project when the lyrics took a decidedly cheesy turn for the worse.

I ended up doing a comic book. I read enough of them as a kid to know the genre, the problem is my drawing skills are limited at best. But I plugged on ( I had to, I had waited until four days prior to the due date to get started). Let me make it clear that every other assignment I completed during undergrad was written in a very adult and academic style. If anyone wants proof I can send them a copy of my paper The Warren Court: Baker v. Carr and Reapportionment (Snooze!)

I will say that this was a very demanding project. I didn’t realize this until I was a couple of pages into it. It gave me great respect for graphic artists (the real ones) and cartoonists.

To view the comic, point and click on each image. If your browser is compatible it should create a larger, readable image. You have to backspace and repeat the point and click to get to the next page. I wish there was a way to improve the continuity. Also, please excuse the misspelled words.















63 comments:

Froshty said...

And I thought Eagle's Swoop was funny! Great job, Ian. Anna's studying Eng. Lit. this semester and I think that this might help her.

IM said...

Thanks Froshty, I finally put all that doodling during highschool to good use!

Anonymous said...

OH MY F-ING GOD, that is the coolest thing I've ever seen. And I literally just learned more about literature than I did during four years of college. I have to go read this 10 more times but I hope upon seeing it your professor resigned and gave you the class to teach. This needs to be PUBLISHED!!

IM said...

Man, high praise from Danny--tingle tingle. Luckily the professor is brilliant so she doesn't have to worry about her job.

Anonymous said...

I just learned more about Eng. Lit. than I had in the previous half century! This is should be spread virally about the blogipelago!

If not, it will be plagiarised by thousands of snotty nosed little spotty herberts trying to gain a credit in the aforementioned Eng Lit!

Emily Barton said...

Brilliant! You need to borrow some more of that copier paper and send me a photocopy, please. Favorite line? "What the Dickens should I write about?"

Anonymous said...

That is complete genius.

Anne Camille said...

This is awesome! My favorite line is the Devil to Faust: "Your soul, plus tax." You should sell copies of this.

IM said...

Archie, I learned a ton just doing it which I guess was one of the points of the project. I have to say that most of the information came from taking a number of the same professor's classes so I should give credit to Dr. Hayton at Guilford College. Oh, and a little to wikipedia as well.

Emily, I'm glad you got the line about borrowed copier paper. I've tried to make copies but some of it gets cut off, so...maybe Kinkos?

Musings, I'm glad you liked it. I'm also glad that I could successfully get it to post on my blog. It took a while but I'm happy people are enjoying it.

Cam, I always love the way Satan is depicted in literature. Usually you can't help but like him just a little...especially in Paradise Lost...I guess that's the lure.

Charlotte said...

Wah! the brilliance! I love the cannon of English Literature.

IM said...

Hey Charotte, the cannon of English Literature comes from the fact that I actually called it that in an early paper.

Anonymous said...

Hi Ian, coming here from Charlotte's Web. That is an amazing project. I particularly like Chaucer's pilgrims--it was all about farts, wasn't it?--the mini Stonehenge, the Romantic monsters, and the Raven calling "Loser!"

I had to do a project like that about Wolfram von Eschenbach's Parzival. I made a mobile of various symbols from the book. Much more fun than writing a paper!

Anonymous said...

Great work Ian! Your comic book is now on my student's VLE. A witty and concise guide to the history of English Literature. Invaluable.

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