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Golda, GJ. 1997. The Rise of the Post-Modern Graphic Novel. - Coggle…
Golda, GJ. 1997. The Rise of the Post-Modern Graphic Novel.
The Dawn of an Art Form
Gave rise to a form of escapism for members of society suffering dire situations (political, social, economic).
Between 1938 and 1949 Superman was popularised the American comic book for being a new and exciting character who stood for American ideals and beliefs.
Batman was introduced as a diametric opposite to Superman who instilled fear in honest citizens and criminals by fighting for justice but with a darker twist.
Comic books provided a sense of hope and a larger than life example to which people could look up and appreciate as beacons of possibility.
Broke down boundaries pertaining to sexuality, race, gender, class, religion etc and offered new perspective on these topics.
Censorship in 1954 (Comics Code of Authority) to suppress increasingly graphic nature of comic books.
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Vocabulary
Self-Reflective Content:
stories that make purposeful utilisation of structural techniques which deflect the reader's focus away from the fabricated nature of the plot and characters.
Cultural Capital:
Based on the notion that artistic creations - much like monetary and other physical amenities - a particular trade value which is determined by the higher classes of society. The better one comprehends and manipulates the language most highly valued by the dominant class (richer members of society) who then popularise and determine how this cultural capital is distributed o the next generation.
Intertextuality:
Referencing or being insped by one or multiple other source materials. Creates a web of connections between multiple texts that can then result in the audience holding certain expectations of the text they are consuming.
Cold War:
State of political tension between NATO countries and the USSR and Warsaw Pact countries pertaining to political leverage and economic dominance.
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Anti-Veneration:
Satirical critical analysis of cultural forms, icons and institutions.
Modernism:
Reduction of decor, rise of rationalim.
Postmodernism:
Technology gives rise to the ability to manufacture combined stylistic elements in a fragmentation of styles.
Graphic Novels:
Similar ability to bring together fragmented styles of past and present into one cohesive work, relies heavily on idea and text instead of action.
A Ressurection
Audiences had not yet reached an age where the nostalgia could be appreciated and thus comics books became less and less popular due to not keeping up with the progression of time.
Comics were rigid and stuck to a formula that was created over 20 years prior which was no longer appealing to audiences.Comic book industry became frustrated and stuck, Art Spiegelman's holocaust comic brought the industry out of this slump with its horror.
Years that followed were then known as Silver Age of comics where heroes such as Captain America were rediscovered and re-popularised.
V for Vendetta, Batman: The Dark Knight Returns, The Complete Maus, The Watchmen, and Batman: Arkham Asylum gave rise to new form of graphic novel. Solidified unique writing and art style and became an artform unto itself.
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Into Postmodernism
Transition from very flashy 50's to peace loving ideology of the 60's and 0's left society with a need for a movement that embraced the fragmentation and sought out a form of unity.
Postmodernism arose as a direct after-effect of modernism and embraced idea of moving forward and away from that era of expression.
Postmodernism emerges from our inability to call our philosophy a philosophy because it is fragmented.
Common experiences even though we live separate lives - this is a result of technology (plays heavily into overall meaning behind postmodernist movement).
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Maus is incredibly postmodern due to its unassuming, unobtrusive graphic style that gives the effect of being a documentary.