Spring 2027

Manga

Survey of manga from premodern woodblock-printed booklets to contemporary subgenres like gekiga, mecha, shonen, and shojo, using critical writings on literature, popular culture, and visual culture.

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Summary

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Past student reviews · Adam Kern

The class had no homework and only four quizzes, which were multiple choice and true/false in format.

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Prerequisites

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LITTRANS 231

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Professors

Spring 2027

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Historical instructors & teaching patterns

ADAM KERN is recorded teaching in Fall 2011, Spring 2014, Spring 2015, Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2018, Fall 2019, Fall 2020, Spring 2024. Recorded history may be incomplete and does not establish a future schedule.

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Calendar & sections

Spring 2027

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Student experience

the class

Past student reviews · Adam Kern

Students found the course energetic and thought-provoking, with an instructor who fostered critical thinking and welcomed diverse opinions.

Recent recorded grades — Fall 2019: 3.80 GPA, 90.0% A/AB (n=70 letter grades); Fall 2020: 3.22 GPA, 60.6% A/AB (n=71 letter grades); Spring 2024: 3.64 GPA, 85.2% A/AB (n=61 letter grades).

difficulty & workload

Past student reviews · Adam Kern

The class had no homework and only four quizzes, which were multiple choice and true/false in format.

Past student reviews · Adam Kern

One student noted the course focused on Japanese pop culture rather than heavy reading, making it less traditional than a standard literature class.

Topics

  • History of manga from premodern precursors to contemporary subgenres including gekiga, mecha, shonen, and shojo.
  • Critical approaches to literature, popular culture, and visual culture.

Skills

  • Engage with critical writings on literature, popular culture, and visual culture.

Grades

Latest available · Spring 2024— not enough history to project Spring 2027.

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Grades over time

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Where this course fits relative to

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About this comparison

1238 courses over the same term, each with at least 30 recorded letter grades. Cross-listed courses count once. GPA is not a measure of difficulty or teaching quality. The typical course is the median by recorded grade count; tied values are not counted as lower. Grade counts describe course scale, not unique students or typical section size.

Descriptions compare GPA with this group’s average: at least 0.20 higher or lower; otherwise close to average. Section size uses median recorded enrollment: small up to 30, mid-sized 31–99, large 100+. Lectures and discussion/lab sections are described separately.

Sources & history

UW–Madison

Catalog & offerings

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Dataset & model

Recorded 2026-10-14

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Model outputs & technical records
Qwen/Qwen3.8-27B
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Model & dataset provenance 
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