The rise of the graphic novel

• Verfasst von: Dunst, Alexander [VerfasserIn]
• Titel: The rise of the graphic novel
• Titelzusatz: computational criticism and the evolution of literary value
• Verf.angabe: Alexander Dunst, Paderborn University
• Verlagsort: Cambridge
• Verlag: Cambridge University Press
• Jahr: 2023
• Umfang: XIV, 240 Seiten
• Illustrationen: Illustrationen
• Gesamttitel/Reihe: Cambridge studies in graphic narratives
• Fussnoten: Literaturverzeichnis: Seite 223-235
• Hochschulschrift: Habilitationsschrift, Universität Paderborn, 2021
• ISBN: 978-1-009-18293-5
• DOI: doi:10.1017/9781009182942
• Schlagwörter: (z)Geschichte / (s)Graphic Novel
• Dokumenttyp: Hochschulschrift
• Sprache: eng
• RVK-Notation: EC 7120
• RVK-Notation: HO 13800
• K10plus-PPN: 1843048086

Abstract

Bringing digital humanities methods to the study of comics, this monograph traces the emergence of the graphic novel at the intersection of popular and literary culture. Based on a representative corpus of over 250 graphic novels published in the United States, Canada, and Great Britain, it shows how the genre has built on the visual style of popular comics while adopting selected features of the contemporary novel. This argument positions the graphic novel as a crucial case study for our understanding of twenty-first-century culture. More than simply a niche format, graphic novels demonstrate how contemporary literature reworks elements of genre narrative, reconfiguring rather than abolishing distinctions between popular and establishment culture. The book also puts forward a new historical periodization for the graphic novel, centered on integration into the literary marketplace and leading to an explosive growth in page length and a diversification of aesthetic styles.

Abstract

Preface; 1. Introduction: Computational Criticism and the Transformation of Comics; 2. How We Read Comics Now: Graphic Narrative Beyond Close Reading; 3. Time, Color, and Cultural Capital in Graphic Narrative; 4. Novel Values: The Density of the Comic Book as Graphic Novel; 5. The Social Imagination of Graphic Narrative; 6. Conclusion: The Contact Zones of Contemporary Literature.