Children learn rapidly to negotiate both image and word, our two primary modes of signification. In her recent column, Ellen Handler Spitz, Honors College professor of visual arts, writes about the graphic novel. “Some of them reward readers with clever artistry and formal innovation. Most of them appeal to our twin penchants for novelty and entertainment. But could a graphic novel enrich children’s cultural lives with a range of content drawn from legends, yarns and folklore of the past?” she wrote.
The article, “Home Oyfn Range,” ran May 25 in The New Republic.
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