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  • Chapter 3 - Time, Color, and Cultural Capital in Graphic Narrative

  • Alexander Dunst, Universität Paderborn, Germany
  • Book:
    The Rise of the Graphic Novel
    Published online:
    06 July 2023
    Print publication:
    20 July 2023, pp 62-103

  • Summary

    The chapter continues the emphasis on color and considers its relationship to temporal settings. As James F. English has shown, popular and prestigious fiction have diverged over the last half century, with the latter effecting a historical turn. Section 3.1 establishes a similar development for graphic novels, yet in contrast to contemporary novels, this historical turn remains limited to the subgenres of the graphic memoir and graphic journalism. Section 3.2 turns to Giorgio Agamben’s conception of the contemporary as a historicizing account of the present and looks at graphic novels that span past, present, and future settings. Where a focus on historical settings highlights a shift towards graphic nonfiction, the discussion of combined temporal settings argues for the continued vitality of popular subgenres within the graphic novel. Section 3.3 examines the evolving relationship between color printing and temporal settings.