Comics and narration / Thierry Groensteen ; translated by Ann Miller.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Groensteen, Thierry.

Standardized Title:

Bande dessinée et narration

Language:

English

French

Subjects (All):

Comic books, strips, etc--History and criticism.

Comic books, strips, etc.

Narration (Rhetoric).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (216 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Jackson, [Miss.] : University Press of Mississippi, 2013.

Summary:

This is the follow-up to the 'The System of Comics' - in which the leading comics theorist Thierry Groensteen investigated how the medium functions, and introduced the principle of iconic solidarity - 'Comics and Narration' takes Groensteen's analysis even further, using examples from a very wide range of comics, including the work of Chris Ware and Robert Crumb.

Contents:

Comics and the test of abstraction

New insights into sequentiality

On a few theories of page layout

An extension of some theoretical propositions

The question of the narrator

The subjectivity of the character

The rhythms of comics

Is comics a branch of contemporary art?.

Notes:

Translated from the French.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

1-62103-939-0

OCLC:

867739890