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MARJANE SATRAPI (Critical reception (graphic novels were generally well…
MARJANE SATRAPI
Critical reception
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In March 2013, the Chicago Public Schools controversially ordered copies of Persepolis to be removed from seventh-grade classrooms, after Chicago Public Schools CEO Barbara Byrd-Bennett determined that the book "contains graphic language and images that are not appropriate for general use."
The book has been challenged for "gambling, offensive language, political viewpoint,
Some Iranian reception wasn't good, The book got accused of presenting “an unreal picture of the outcomes and achievements of the Islamic revolution.”
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Work
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Style of Persepolis
Persepolis is a novel of a graphical nature. The illustrations in the novel are black and white. The lines are bold and clear and there is no use of fancy techniques.
Satrapi avoids unnecessary adverbs and adjectives and keeps her writing to the point. As she uses illustrations she doesn't need descriptions and only uses words when they are completely necessary.
Other notable work
Chicken with Plums (The book narrates the last eight days of the life of Nasser Ali Khan, a relative of Satrapi's)
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Religion
When at the age of 6, Marjane believed herself to be a prophet to end injustice. This belief in God would grow until her uncle was killed by Islamic Fundamentalists.
Loss of religion equated to her loss of innocence, as she would grow up quickly into a teenager, defying orthodox practice in Iran.
“Ten or fifteen years ago if you said you didn’t believe in God, no one paid any attention. Now it’s a political statement somehow to be atheist or agnostic. When people ask me what is my religion, I say I don’t have any. And some people are shocked. They don’t understand. I say I don’t need it. I respect humanity. That’s my religion.”
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Context
Written in her youth Marjane lived in a society of two extremes, of Iran following the Islamic Revolution, where violence and fear were commonplace, and Vienna during the punk movement, where freedom of expression allowed. Persepolis is the story of her time growing up in both environments, learning of life through her experiences.
Social Class
Born into a middle-class family in Rasht, Iran. Both parents were active participants in politics, supporting Marxist sympathisers against the autocratic Shah.
Marjane Satrapi was born in 1969 in Rasht, Iran.