Graphic Novel Subject Guide 1 Graphic Novels Subject Guide Spring 2010 – Nova Scotia Public Libraries The Misunderstood Medium It is important to understand that the terms “comics” and “graphic novels” describe a medium rather than a genre. The difference is that a genre is a type of story‚ with certain rules that it must follow in order to fit into that genre. “Westerns‚” “mysteries‚” “romances” are examples of genre. A medium is a form of expression like movies‚ novels or poetry. Essentially
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.Foxfire Foxfire is a page turning novel about a newly formed girl’s gang in the 1950’s. This story is written by Joyce Carol Oates‚ published by Penguin Group‚ and has 316 pages. This is a vivid novel and is a great read. On a rating scale of one to five‚ I would defiantly say this is a five! It gives amazing details that makes you believe you are in the 50’s watching these rebellious girls making their own rules and doing as they please. Margaret Ann Sadovsky‚ called ‘Legs’ by her
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In All Quiet‚ Mister Remarque expresses his personal views in the form of symbols. As the reader reads through the book‚ the butterflies‚ the Earth‚ the horses‚ and Katczinsky have been used to symbolize more than they physically are in the story. Mister Remarque uses the surrogate father relationship between Paul and Katczinsky to illustrate the utter destructiveness of war. Paul’s relationship with his biological father was destroyed by the war‚ which compelled Paul to confide in Katczinsky. Mister
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epistolary novel is a novel written as a series of documents. The usual form is letters. The epistolary form can add greater realism to a story‚ because it mimics the workings of real life The founder of the epistolary novel in English is said by many to be James Howell (1594–1666) with "Familiar Letters"‚ who writes of prison‚ foreign adventure‚ and the love of women. There are two theories on the genesis of the epistolary novel. The first claims that the genre originated from novels with inserted
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THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene THE QUIET AMERICAN Graham Greene READING THE NOVEL There are two main points of focus for your study of The Quiet American and for your responses as a reader. • Understanding the story of the novel and recognising the themes raised by the novel • Identifying and considering the cultural and moral issues presented in the story it tells. Understanding the Historical and Cultural Context To understand the themes and the moral and cultural issues raised by the novel
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Graphic Novels: Literature without Text? Jan Baetens Literary graphic novels: adaptation‚ illustration‚ collaboration‚ and beyond More and more‚ the hype surrounding the graphic novel concerns its literary qualities. Many graphic novels appear to have a literary subtext (in the case of adaptations) or present themselves‚ in a more radical form‚ as the visual development of a literary text that is completely reproduced within the graphic novel. In the former case‚ the literary graphic novel
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ITL –NOVEL SELECTED TYPES Romantic – This form of novel goes beyond ordinary experience and social predicaments into make-believe. Something new is being searched for in an alternative world beyond familiar circumstances so that the novel’s purpose is a moral or ideal issue. Nevertheless‚ the transportation to some idealized world‚ or going on a somewhat fantastic journey‚ can lead to disappointment‚ and its moral outcome. The characters’ ideals can be crushed. The fantastical journey can be a big
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Fiction There is one particular feature that sets the novel apart from any other literary genre. Literature has the ability to transport you into a world that is a product of individual imagination yet the realism expressed in the novel serves as a tool or road that leads to the emerging of conceived images. It is a time travel that has the ability to restore any period of growth in society and humanity in general. Many times we refer to the novel when deciphering morality and lifestyles of earlier
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Newgate novel From Wikipedia‚ the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation‚ search The Newgate novels (or Old Bailey novels) were novels published in England from the late 1820s until the 1840s that were thought to glamorise the lives of the criminals they portrayed. Most drew their inspiration from the Newgate Calendar‚ a biography of famous criminals published at various times during the late 18th and early 19th centuries‚ but usually rearranged or embellished the original tale for melodramatic
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The Victorian Novel: main characteristics First of all in the Victorian Age the dominating literary form was the novel. It was in fact easier to be read and understood by simple people‚ its plot was more interesting than any other literary forms‚ the main protagonists of the novel were the same people who read it so that they felt deeply involved in the adventure told‚ the writer and his readers shared the same opinions‚ values and ideals because they belonged to the same middle class‚ the setting
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