CMLIT 143 Lecture Notes - Lecture 5: Defamiliarization, Bildungsroman, The Graphic
7 Sep 2017
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Occupation of japan (1945-1952: continuity of japanese cultural and aesthetic traditions as central to the history of manga. Style easy to identify: characters are drawn with large eyes and small mouths, remarkably similar faces for all characters, characters distinguished by their hair, extreme emotional expression. Cartoony explosion of emotion: this is a major difference with traditional western forms, often told in cinematic ways. The project took 13 years: an innovative form: in 1992, it won a pulitzer prize special award. York times described the selection of maus for the honor: the pulitzer board members found the cartoonist"s depiction of nazi germany hard to classify : blends memoir with biography. Maus transcribes the oral history of an eyewitness. Maus registers a jolt: the result is a defamiliarizing recognition beyond that they would experience in a representation with a consistent style of verisimilitude.
