The gutter is essential.
Gutters in persepolis.
In this course dr dominic davies university of oxford explores marjane satrapi s graphic novel persepolis.
Graphic novels have a way of drawing the eye to certain places on the page while also allowing freedom for the reader to make a connection among the different panels.
Satrapi writes in her introduction that since the islamic revolution in 1979 this old and great civilisation has been discussed mostly in connection with fundamentalism fanaticism and.
In the comic world this space is known as the gutter.
The invisible messenger if one were to look at a comic they would see empty space between the panels that contain the illustrations and dialogue of the text.
In chapter 3 the blood in the gutter mccloud writes of the importance of the gutter.
Unlike many comic books in the west satrapi uses a great amount of non sequitur transitions.
Although satrapi s persepolis is a graphic novel rather than a comic strip readers can find a connection between what mccloud writes about in understanding comics and that which satrapi presents on her pages.
At home marjane s mother is upset.
Jackie regales s story gutters balloons and panels.
For this introductory session focus on the following terms.
Activate prior knowledge about the situation in the middle east the role of religion and the strictures.
Mine is just pictures this is one of the many surprised comments i heard when my ninth grade students started reading marjane satrapi s persepolis a memoir written in graphic novel style this was the first time many of them had experienced this genre while others were.
The reader of persepolis knows who satrapi is addressing in her graphic memoir as she writes the book persepolis i wrote for the other ones not for iranians the other ones meaning the west.
We begin by thinking about what persepolis is and what it s about focusing in particular on the historical events that form the background of the graphic novel as well as the meaning of term graphic novel itself.
Distribute graphic novel comics terms and concepts to students and review it.
They flirt with boys until a bombing raid begins and the boys dive in the gutter to stay safe.
Understanding persepolis wait do i have the wrong book.
Frame panel gutter graphic weight tonal difference patterning and saturated colors and text features captions versus speech balloons.
Persepolis and the gutter i saw the film version of persepolis my junior year of college and because of that i was somewhat seeing that version in my mind as i read the novel.
This is an obvious observation that has not so obvious implications.
The gutter plays host to much of the magic and mystery that are at the very.
During the surface water drainage operations in persepolis a main gutter was discovered at the southern courtyard of tachar palace irna quoted supervisor of the persepolis world heritage center.
