Boredom and melancholy in the experience of reading. Contemporary graphic novels show an interesting shift from the extraordinary to the ordinary in slice-of-life stories in which nothing happens. Present-day graphic accounts are inhabited by melancholic characters whining about the lack of meaning in life. This book examines this intriguing transition and brings a historical, aesthetical and narratological approach to comics in which boredom is not only a topic, but also awakens a deliberate affective response in the very experience of reading. This volume brings together close readings of work by Lewis Trondheim, Chris Ware and Adrian Tomine. With a foreword by Raphäel Baroni (University of Lausanne).
This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).
- ISBN10 9462700737
- ISBN13 9789462700734
- Publish Date 6 July 2016
- Publish Status Active
- Publish Country BE
- Imprint Leuven University Press
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 200
- Language English
- URL http://cornellpress.cornell.edu/book/?GCOI=80140100923000