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34 - The Graphic Novel as an Intermedial Form

from Part VI - Poetics, Genre, Intermediality

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  17 August 2021

Debjani Ganguly
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University of Virginia
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This chapter deals with the specific role and place of the graphic novel in the contemporary literary field. It first addresses the widely debated analogies and differences between comics and graphic novels, while making a clear plea for the autonomy of the latter. It then studies the history of the graphic novel, with a strong emphasis on questions of publication format and cultural reception. Finally, it also discusses the question of canon formation and the relationships between mainstream and minority cultures in the field.

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