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The Comics of COVID-19: A Narrative Medicine Reading of the Comics Produced During the Pre-Vaccine Period of COVID-19

Rubalcava, Rolando
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713111961209458

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2024, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, English.
This dissertation project is focused on a narrative medicine approach to the comics written during the pre-vaccine period of COVID-19. By analyzing these texts from a narratological perspective, informed also by various approaches in comics studies, its aim is to identify the affordances of the comic medium in order to understand its efficacy when artists choose to utilize it. The selected narratives range from fictional narratives, autobiographical accounts from “frontline workers” at the height of the pandemic, and comics utilizing reportage and informative style of writing. The goal for this project is to learn as much from the selected stories as possible in order to identify its applications towards COVID-19 and pandemic discourse, potentially contributing insight into surviving a pandemic.
James Phelan, Dr. (Committee Chair)
Julia Hawkins (Committee Member)
Frederick Luis Aldama, Dr. (Committee Member)
Jared Gardner, Dr. (Committee Co-Chair)
160 p.
American Literature; Medical Ethics
narrative medicine, medical humanities, comics, comics studies, COVID-19, pandemic time, iconography, graphic medicine

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  • Rubalcava, R. (2024). The Comics of COVID-19: A Narrative Medicine Reading of the Comics Produced During the Pre-Vaccine Period of COVID-19 [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713111961209458

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Rubalcava, Rolando. The Comics of COVID-19: A Narrative Medicine Reading of the Comics Produced During the Pre-Vaccine Period of COVID-19. 2024. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713111961209458.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Rubalcava, Rolando. "The Comics of COVID-19: A Narrative Medicine Reading of the Comics Produced During the Pre-Vaccine Period of COVID-19." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2024. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1713111961209458

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