Hi All<\/p>\n
Here are this week’s lecture notes as well as the links to the comics and cartoons we saw. \u00a0Once again, sorry that last class was delayed because I missed a ferry connection. \u00a0However we did manage to go through the comic genre pretty thoroughly.<\/p>\n
Please remember Tuesday the 6th’s class is cancelled because I have to fly to New York for an On Campus interview. \u00a0On Thursday\u00a0the 8th I will give out information about the Cracked Listicle Project. \u00a0If you have a group of people you are already interested in working with, send me an e-mail with their names. \u00a0(Your group\u00a0should have no more than 5 people). \u00a0Otherwise we will put the groups together on the 8th. \u00a0We will be presenting the listicles on the 29th. \u00a0Final essays will be due April 10th.<\/strong><\/p>\n Argentina-and-Peronismos<\/a><\/p>\n The LAST 100 page<\/a> has several speeches by Evita Per\u00f3n including the one in which she demurred running for president and then “caved” to the pressure of the people. \u00a0As well as her radio address in which she renounced her candidacy. \u00a0You can check those out under “More resources”<\/p>\n Comics in Argentina<\/a><\/p>\n Here are the links to the comics we saw:<\/p>\n Humor<\/p>\n Mafalda<\/a><\/p>\n Clemente<\/a><\/p>\n Super Clemente Rescata a la Mulatona (YouTube video Spanish Only)<\/a><\/p>\n Las Puertitas del Sr. Lopez<\/a><\/p>\n (And also, because I mentioned it in class, the TV Tropes entry for Woobie)\u00a0<\/a><\/p>\n Sci Fi:<\/p>\n El Eternauta<\/a><\/p>\n Also did you know that the comic Cyber Six was originally made in Argentina by Carlos Trillo, before the rights were sold to a Japanese company and turned into a TV series?<\/p>\n Well it was!<\/a><\/p>\n So for this weekend’s blog, discuss your opinion on the relationship between comics and culture. \u00a0Are comics merely forms of brain-rotting escapism? \u00a0Or are they, as Oscar Masotta explains, inseparable from their historical moment and context? \u00a0Discuss one comic you found particularly incisive in its comments on Argentine society.<\/p>\n Interesting topics for research papers and or Cracked Project:<\/p>\n Comparison between Lisa Simpson and Mafalda (any influences there?)<\/p>\n Representation of Childhood in Mafalda<\/p>\n Representation of Race\/Class in Clemente (I saw you all cringing there)<\/p>\n Evita Peron’s use of the media (link with some of the themes of No?<\/em>)<\/p>\n Transgenderism in Cyber Six<\/p>\n The Sci-fi genre in Argentine literature and popular culture (Borges\/Cort\u00e1zar etc.)<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Hi All Here are this week’s lecture notes as well as the links to the comics and cartoons we saw. \u00a0Once again, sorry that last class was delayed because I missed a ferry connection. \u00a0However we did manage to go … Continue reading