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Comics and Narration
Contributor(s): Groensteen, Thierry (Author), Miller, Ann (Translator)
ISBN: 149680256X     ISBN-13: 9781496802569
Publisher: University Press of Mississippi
OUR PRICE:   $34.65  
Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats
Published: January 2015
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels
- Social Science | Popular Culture
Dewey: 741.59
Physical Information: 0.49" H x 6" W x 9" (0.71 lbs) 216 pages
 
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Publisher Description:
This book is the follow-up to Thierry Groensteen's ground-breaking The System of Comics, in which the leading French-language comics theorist set out to investigate how the medium functions, introducing the principle of iconic solidarity, and showing the systems that underlie the articulation between panels at three levels: page layout, linear sequence, and nonsequential links woven through the comic book as a whole. He now develops that analysis further, using examples from a very wide range of comics, including the work of American artists such as Chris Ware and Robert Crumb. He tests out his theoretical framework by bringing it up against cases that challenge it--such as abstract comics, digital comics, and shōjo manga--and offers insightful reflections on these innovations. In addition, he includes lengthy chapters on three areas not covered in the first book. First, he explores the role of the narrator, both verbal and visual, and the particular issues that arise out of narration in autobiographical comics. Second, Groensteen tackles the question of rhythm in comics, and the skill demonstrated by virtuoso artists in intertwining different rhythms over and above the basic beat provided by the discontinuity of the panels. Third, he resets the relationship of comics to contemporary art, conditioned by cultural history and aesthetic traditions but evolving recently as comics artists move onto avant-garde terrain.

Contributor Bio(s): Groensteen, Thierry: -

Thierry Groensteen, Brussels, Belgium, is a comics scholar and translator. He is the author of The System of Comics, published in English by University Press of Mississippi, among other books.

Miller, Ann: -

Ann Miller, Oxford, United Kingdom, is a University Fellow in French at University of Leicester in Leicester, England. She has published widely on French-language comics.