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Adolescents and “Autographics”: Reading and Writing Coming‐of‐Age Graphic Novels
Author(s) -
Hughes Janette Michelle,
King Alyson,
Perkins Peggy,
Fuke Victor
Publication year - 2011
Publication title -
journal of adolescent and adult literacy
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.73
H-Index - 49
eISSN - 1936-2706
pISSN - 1081-3004
DOI - 10.1598/jaal.54.8.5
Subject(s) - reading (process) , class (philosophy) , meaning (existential) , literacy , mathematics education , visual literacy , pedagogy , psychology , visual arts , linguistics , computer science , art , artificial intelligence , philosophy , psychotherapist
Students at two different sites (a 12th‐grade English class focused on workplace preparation and an alternative program for students who had been expelled from school) read graphic novels and, using ComicLife software, created their own graphic sequences called “autographics” based on their personal experiences. The authors explore how image, text, and sound converged to make meaning for these adolescents as they read and wrote graphic novels and describe the literacy skills the learners developed.