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Reading Graphic Novels : Genre and Narration

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This monograph presents a prototype theory-based approach to the graphic novel as a narrating genre.

After a historical contextualization, the graphic novel is defined through the core feature of complexity and seven gradable subcategories.

With regard to narration, the author challenges concepts from classical narratology like the 'narrator' and 'focalization' to finally discuss aspects of subjectivity, a focal paradigm in the latest research.

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Product Details
De Gruyter
3110446014 / 9783110446012
Mixed media product
741.59
22/02/2016
Germany
219 pages
155 x 230 mm
Professional & Vocational Learn More