Watchmen has been hailed as the quintessential graphic novel and has spawned a body of literary criticism since its 1986 release. This work explores the graphic novel's reception in both popular and scholarly arenas and how the conceptual relationship between images and words affect the reading experience. Other topics include heroism as a stereotype and social construction, the hero's journey, the role of the narrator, and the way in which the graphic layout manipulates the reader's perception of time and space.
Watchmen as Literature
Summary
Explores the graphic novel's reception in both popular and scholarly arenas and how the conceptual relationship between images and words affect the reading experience. This book includes other topics such as heroism as a stereotype and social construction, and the hero's journey.
Watchmen as Literature Summary
About
Sara J. Van Ness lives in New Jersey and is a graduate student at Monmouth University.
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NLS9780786444755
9780786444755
0786444754
Watchmen as Literature: A Critical Study of the Graphic Novel by
New
Paperback
McFarland & Co Inc
2010-01-30
219
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