ERIC ED190980: The Use of Comics as an Approach to Introducing the Techniques and Terms of Narrative to Novice Readers.

The publications of the Marvel Comics Group warrant serious consideration as a legitimate narrative enterprise. While it is obvious that these comic books can be used in the classroom as a source of reading material, it is not so obvious that these comic books, with great economy, simplicity, and narrative density, can be used to further introduce novice readers to the techniques found in narrative and to the term...

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