IH 0951 Lecture Notes - Lecture 1: Marjane Satrapi, Iranian Revolution, Political Repression

• School: Temple University
• Department: Intellectual Heritage
• Course: IH 0951
• Professor: Ariane Fischer

Document Summary

Introduced reading logs (rls) and module 2 rl assignment. Narrator recollecting from her time as a child. Child forced to learn that reality rapidly. The violence in the world changed her. 1979 - the shah was in power. Marji went to a french bilingual school. Religious segments of multiple groups of the revolution came together. Wanted to base society and culture on tradition. Based on her life, but identifies more with fiction than fact. She wanted to share the truth and reality of her iranian life. She didn"t think a movie adaptation was a good idea. Message: human beings are the same anywhere. Ignorance makes people think they are not alike. Thinks that more should be invested into education and less into war. Drawings allow people to relate as they are abstract and nonspecific. She wanted everyone to be able to read it, but it to also be well-written. The talent without the work doesn"t lead anywhere.