HUMA 2002 Lecture Notes - Lecture 8: Narration, Nyishi (Tribe), Semiotics
15 Nov 2017
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Art spiegelman"s maus i and ii: a survivor"s tale: for the sake of clarity . 1) texts should tell the truth of the world as it is, by sticking to the facts. 2) realist texts follow the enlightenment model for the production of knowledge - to forge a destiny: causal-chronological narrative over time. 4) relies on an accumulation of details to draw social types. The various narratives are un nished: vladek, art, anja, mala. The prologue: rego park ny (a jewish neighbourhood in queen"s) c. 1958: present time of speech repeated interrupts the story that is being told. Later present of writing, after the rst volume has been published, but before the second one has been completed - time ies section (depicting issues graphically, aurally, and textually) The present of the nal frame, when vladel is dead and has rejoined anja in the grave, the unknowable present of the narrator.
