English Majors, do you think Graphic Novels are literature?

Yes absolutely I consider it literature. The definition of literature is always changing because what we as writers write and the form it takes is constantly changing and adapting to reflect the new world we live in. It may not be a traditional novel like something Hemingway would have written but yes it is literature. Many people said that William S. Burroughs Naked Lunch was not literature but it has now become a significant piece of literature. Just because something is different does not mean that it is not literature. New forms of writing come up all the time. Try and read a hyper text novel like House of leaves, its structure does not follow the norm, but it is none the less literature. People who would say that the Graphic novel is not literature are usually stuck in an old stale way of thinking.