Search for dissertations about: "comics and graphic novels"

Found 3 swedish dissertations containing the words comics and graphic novels.

2. 1. Comics and the Middle East : Representation, Accommodation, Integration

   Author : Fredrik Strömberg; Margareta Melin; Jakob Dittmar; Mel Gibson; Malmö universitet; []
   Keywords : SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; comics; graphic novels; schema; genre; intertextuality; remediation; superheroes;

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4. 2. On the Boundaries of Watchmen : Paratextual Narratives across Media

   Author : Peter Waites; Danuta Fjellestad; David Watson; Michael Joyce; Uppsala universitet; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; SAMHÄLLSVETENSKAP; SOCIAL SCIENCES; Paratexts; Watchmen; comics; graphic novels; transmedia storytelling; media franchising; new media; adaptation.; English; Engelska;

   Abstract : This dissertation is an intervention into the ongoing revisions of Gerard Genette’s concept of paratexts. Increasingly used in discussions of artifacts other than the literary novels that were Genette’s object of attention, the concept of paratexts has given rise to intense debates regarding the nature and functions of paratextual elements across media. READ MORE

5. 3. Rethinking the Jewish-Comics Connection

   Author : Martin Lund; Jonas Otterbeck; Johan Åberg; Beth Wenger; Centrum för teologi och religionsvetenskap; []
   Keywords : HUMANIORA; HUMANITIES; Jewish studies; American Judaism; comics; whiteness; identity formation; Religionsvetenskap;

   Abstract : Popular Abstract in English The publication of Michael Chabon’s Pulitzer-prize winning novel The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000) brought the Jewish–comics connection to popular attention. The novel illuminated the fact that many of the pioneers of American mainstream comics were Jewish. READ MORE