From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels : Contributions to the Theory and History of Graphic Narrative

Now available in paperback! This essay collection examines the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of storytelling in contemporary media culture. Its contributions test the applicability of narratological concepts to graphic narrative, examine aspects of graphic narrative beyond the ‘single work’, consider the development of particular narrative strategies within individual genres, and trace the forms and functions of graphic narrative across cultures. Analyzing a wide range of texts, genres, and narrative strategies from both theoretical and historical perspectives, the international group of scholars gathered here offers state-of-the-art research on graphic narrative in the context of an increasingly postclassical and transmedial narratology. This is the revised second edition of __From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels__, which was originally published in the Narratologia series. Table of Contents Introduction: From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels PART I. GRAPHIC NARRATIVE AND NARRATOLOGICAL CONCEPTS Zooming In and Out: Panels, Frames, Sequences, and the Building of Graphic Storyworlds Space, Time, and Causality in Graphic Narratives: An Embodied Approach Who’s Telling the Tale? Authors and Narrators in Graphic Narrative Subjectivity and Style in Graphic Narratives PART II. GRAPHIC NARRATIVE BEYOND THE ‘SINGLE WORK’ Graphic Memoir: Neither Fact Nor Fiction Superhero Comics and the Authorizing Functions of the Comic Book Paratext Intermediality, Transmediality, and Graphic Narrative Comics in the Intersecting Histories of the Window, the Frame, and the Panel PART III. GENRE AND FORMAT HISTORIES OF GRAPHIC NARRATIVE A History of the Narrative Comic Strip Narration in the Flemish Dual Publication System: The Crossover Genre of the Humoristic Adventure Un/Taming the Beast, or Graphic Novels (Re)Considered Archival, Ephemeral, and Residual: The Functions of Early Comics in Art Spiegelman’s In the Shadow of No Towers PART IV. GRAPHIC NARRATIVE ACROSS CULTURES Anglo-American Graphic Narrative European Graphic Narratives: Toward a Cultural and Mediological History Ghostly: ‘Asian Graphic Narratives,’ Nonnonba, and Manga Graphic Narrative as World Literature Index (Persons) Index (Works)

This essay collection examines the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of storytelling in contemporary media culture. Its contributions test the applicability of narratological concepts to graphic narrative, examine aspects of graphic narrative beyond the ‘single work’, consider the development of particular narrative strategies within individual genres, and trace the forms and functions of graphic narrative across cultures. Analyzing a wide range of texts, genres, and narrative strategies from both theoretical and historical perspectives, the international group of scholars gathered here offers state-of-the-art research on graphic narrative in the context of an increasingly postclassical and transmedial narratology.
This is the revised second edition of From Comic Strips to Graphic Novels, which was originally published in the Narratologia series.

This essay collection examines the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of narrative beyond traditional literary texts. Analyzing a wide range of texts, genres, and narrative strategies from both theoretical and historical perspectives, its various contributors offer state-of-the-art research on graphic narrative in the context of an increasingly postclassical and transmedial narratology Analyzing a wide range of texts, genres, and narrative strategies from both theoretical and historical perspectives, this essay collection examines the theory and history of graphic narrative as one of the most interesting and versatile forms of narrative beyond traditional literary texts.