Unit 9 LO1 Starter by Beth Rands on Scribd
Characters
Image - Invincible - Mark Grayson
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Image - Invincible - Allen the Alien
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Fantagraphics - Hate - Buddy Bradley
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Fantagraphics - Hate - Lisa Leavenworth
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I have chosen to analyse the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman, published by Pantheon Books. It tells the story of a Spiegelman's father - a Polish Jew and holocaust survivor. We are shown two different storylines, one of the events Vladek Spiegelman recalls, and a second showing the conversation that goes on between Art and Vladek while the stories are being told. Critics have labeled Maus as many different genres - memoir, biography, history, fiction, autobiography, or a mix of many of these. Personally, I would classify it as semi-biography and historical.
Maus is the first graphic novel to receive a Pulitzer Prize and has received 10 other awards between 1986 and 1993. |