ENGL 238 Study Guide - Midterm Guide: Flashforward, Understanding Comics, Free Indirect Speech

• School: Queen's University
• Department: English
• Course: ENGL 238
• Professor: Nicole Pacas

Document Summary

From kukkonen, studying comics and graphic novels, chapter one: Medium vs. form (in kukkonen: mode) vs. institution. Chain of events that sets up conflict and keeps us wondering what will happen next. Story world has basic features and probabilities, things that are likely to happen in it. We can draw inferences from clues left in the story world. Comics offer ability to see perspectives of different characters and different intentions. Not read straightforward; we see entire page at once. Comics are read and seen synoptically (all at once) Splash page: large full page panel, often colorful and attention grabbing. Spread: when splash page carries beyond one page. Splash: when large illustration does not occupy full page. Character perspective: in skim we are given skim"s character perspective. Narrative perspective: characters experience but not direct sight (skim) Free indirect discourse: not first person but seeing from their point of view. Comics encourage us to take gaze perspective of certain characters.