CHIN 2052 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Unequal Treaty, List Of The Adventures Of Tintin Characters, Ridicule
25 Apr 2016
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Rodolphe topffler (1799-1846): considered inventor of modern comics. Satirical picture-stories: interdependence of text and pictures within borders. 1895: first newspaper comic strips: hogan"s alley (featuring the yellow kid) Recent but unsuccessful attempt in congo to ban latter for racism. Herge later admitted early prejudices; tintin in america = critique of capitalism and of oppression of blacks and native americans. 1934-35: serialized in black and white, later single volume, colour. Friendship with zhang zhongren: learned about chinese art, poetry, political situation. Tintin tv series (1991-1993): compressed version of blue lotus. How does blue lotus break with some common stereotypes of time?: the chinese were the heroes the japanese were the villains, basically pro-chinese. Mukden incident (1931): deals with actual historical event: adopts chinese view, exposes japanese hypocrisy of guardian of law and civilization in the. Critique of western prejudice, white man"s burden (gibbons and rickshaw driver) Tintin and chang: friendship, cultural exchange: see next slide.
