image v. alphabet


rhetoric and the graphic novel
english 4810/6810
rifenburg

Dominance of IMages


spiritual
agricultural
communal
clerical




(all images from Wikipedia)


(Lowenmensch, c. 40,000 BP)


(Venus of Laussel, c. 25,000 BP)

Image result for french cave paintings

Lascaux (c. 17,000 BP)


(Bison licking insect bite, c. 15,000 BP)

Slow Slide into writing


Widespread use of geometric tokens in Near East, 8500 BP








(see "The Envelopes that Bear the First Writing"; see her website)

Writing, cont'd


Disappearance of tokens, c. 3000 BP

Egyptian hieroglyphics, c. 3250 BP (image / alphabet mix; pictograph)

Linear Elamite writing, c. 2150 BP

Ten Commandments (all written)

Greek alphabet, c. 800 BP


& More Writing

Beowulf, 975-1025, Old English


Chaucer, 1400, Middle English

Images leading to writing



Image result for writing prompt first grade

Why? Hmm....

is it a male / female thing....?


We'll think about this a  bit together 
and a little bit in ENGL 3120

The Dominance of Writing


Why the rise of writing?

Why does the rise of writing mean the fall of images?

Do smart people draw pictures? Or do smart people write essays?

Can you turn in an essay with just images?

Do your for-fun-books have pictures?


Return to the visual

visual rhetoric


visual literacy

particularly connected with the rise in visual entertainment (i.e., TV) and visual advertising

& now

social media--a visually-driven digital platform

Graphic Novel 1

By mrifenburg