Masters of the Ninth Art [electronic resource] : Bandes dessinées and Franco-Belgian Identity

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Screech, Matthew.

Series:

Modern French and Francophone Cultures, 3

Modern French and Francophone Cultures, 3 ; v.v. 3

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (255 p.)

Place of Publication:

Liverpool : Liverpool University Press, 2005.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Although virtually unknown in the US and the UK, the bande dessinée is a vitally important aspect of popular culture in France and Belgium, where it is known as 'the ninth art'. Masters of the Ninth Art offers an introduction to bandes dessinées for English readers, considering examples of the genre from Hergé's Adventures of Tintin (1929) up to the late twentieth century. The strips are considered in terms of plot, style, influences and the wider context of Franco-Belgian culture, and they range from literary parody, gag-humour, westerns and realism to science fiction and historical drama. Sc

Contents:

Title Page; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Introduction; Part I: The Bande dessinée Classics; 1: Constructing the Franco-Belgian Hero: Hergé's Aventures de Tintin; 2: Creating Ambiguity: André Franquin's Humorous Strips; 3: A Hero for Everyone: René Goscinny's and Albert Uderzo's Astérix the Gaul; Part II: Innovation and Renewal; 4: A Challenge to Convention: Jean Giraud/Gir/Moebius; 5: New Visions of the Past: Jacques Tardi; 6: Laughing Together: Humour and Shared Identity; 7: Reconstructing the Narrative and After; Notes; Bibliography; Index

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

1-78138-710-9

1-84631-353-8

OCLC:

860591762