Author’s note: Converting my AEPL presentation to an article required a few changes in structure. In addition, I incorporated material from the handouts and answers to questions that audience members raised. During the presentation, participants examined excerpts from graphic narratives, which are not included here. However, the activities are described for those who would like to find the imag...

najib kilani is the first writer dealing with muslim problems in his stories beyond the boundaries of the arab world; in his avant-garde novels, such as turkestan nights, jakarta's virgin, and giants of the north, which take place in turkestan, indonesia, and nigeria respectively, he deals with these problems. in these novels, he has depicted the contemporary muslim nations' struggle ...

White’s modernism in her stories and diaries are due to too personal erotic language, which allows belong the Avant-Garde period. She aimed at constructing Modern female self exploring its wounded psyche. journey towards independence is decisive despite suffering. In this study, life has been transformed a series of about herself. autobiographical novels Diaries, she clarifies patriarchal press...

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Copyright © 2006 Heldref Publications Abstract: This article explores the often contradictory relationship between films and comic book art. Adaptations of superhero comics have reinforced a commercialistic blockbuster mentality among the Hollywood studios. Adaptations of graphic novels have explored alternate visions of visual style and representation. Complications of these polarized effects ...

Despite the current growth of graphic novel popularity with teens and the increasing representation of the LGBTQ community in those graphic novels, there has been little work done to evaluate these works in terms of how the LGBTQ characters are presented. Using Jenkins’s adaptations of Lerner’s, Bishop’s, and Chauncey’s frameworks—as well as Jenkins’s own framework that combined these three for...

o think that the neoimpressionists are painters who cover canvases with little multicolored spots is a rather widespread mistake, " wrote Paul Signac in his manifesto of their movement. " This mediocre dot method has nothing to do with the aesthetic of the painters we are defending here, nor with the technique of divisionism they use. " Signac was referring to, among others, Georges Seurat, who...

Authors’ addresses: C. Jauffret, Université Sud Toulon-Var, CNRS, IM2NP (UMR 6242), Bâtiment X, BP 132, 83957 La Garde Cedex, France, Email: ([email protected]); D. Pillon, Thales Underwater Systems, 525 Route des Dolines, 06903 Sophia-Antipolis, France, Email: ([email protected]); A. C. Pignol, Université Sud Toulon-Var, CNRS, IM2NP (UMR 6242), Bâtiment X, BP 132, 83957 La Gar...