Trauma Graphic Novel

The end of the twentieth century and the turn of the new millennium witnessed an unprecedented flood of traumatic narratives and testimonies of suffering in literature and the arts. Graphic novels, free at last from long decades of stern censorship, helped explore these topics by developing a new subgenre: the trauma graphic novel. This book seeks to analyze this trend through the consideration of five influential graphic novels in English. Works by Paul Hornschemeier, Joe Sacco, Art Spiegelman, Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons will be considered as illustrative examples of the representation of individual, collective, and political traumas. This book provides a link between the contemporary criticism of Trauma Studies and the increasingly important world of comic books and graphic novels.

List of contents

Introduction
1. Through Traumatized Eyes: Trauma and Visual Stream-of-Consciousness Techniques in Paul Hornschemeier's Mother, Come Home
2. Joe Sacco's Documentary Graphic Novels Palestine and Footnotes in Gaza: The Thin Line between Trauma and Propaganda
3. From "Maus" to Metamaus: Art Spiegelman's Constellation of Holocaust Textimonies
4. Greek Romance, Alternative History and Political Trauma in Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons' Watchmen
Conclusion

About the author

Andrés Romero-Jódar is an Independent Scholar.

Summary

This book provides a link between the contemporary criticism of Trauma Studies and the increasingly important world of comic books and graphic novels.

Product details

• Authors: Andres Romero-Jodar, Andrés Romero-Jódar
• Publisher: Taylor & Francis Ltd.
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 25.01.2017
• EAN: 9781138238886
• ISBN: 978-1-138-23888-6
• No. of pages: 190
• Series: Routledge Research in Cultural and Media Studies
• Subjects: Fiction > Poetry, drama; Humanities, art, music > Linguistics and literary studies > General and comparative literary studies; Media Studies, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Popular Culture, Cultural Studies, PSYCHOLOGY / General, SOCIAL SCIENCE / Media Studies, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / General, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Literary, LITERARY CRITICISM / Comics & Graphic Novels, Literary studies: from c 1900 -, Graphic novels: history & criticism, Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers, Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000, American style / tradition comic books, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Science Fiction / General, COMICS & GRAPHIC NOVELS / Historical Fiction / General