ENG101H5 Lecture 13: comics
Document Summary
Juxtaposed (put side by side: deliberate sequence. Getting into the tension between catholics and presbyterians. Daily strip on the newspaper and on sunday"s full page strip. The influence of comic books on today"s youth: comics books are eroding moral fabrics of our society (horror comics) Comics can also deal with serious subject matters. Recollection with his father and how he survived the concentration camp. Allegory: jewish people with mice and nazi"s with cat. By doing so he can talk more about this event. All deal with the childhood and youth representation of the author. It shows insecurity in part of the seriousness of the comics. Nominated for booker prize (prize meant for novels) Blending of the art and life: being disconnected from the real life because you are so observed in reading. Do not want to decode in relation to his life. What resonates with you and what strikes with you as not being authentic.
