12 hrs

Reading (and watching) Questions #5

1. How does Philippe Lejeune define autobiography?

2. How do autobiographies in new media differ from prose autobiographies?

3. What is the most analyzed subgenre of comics studies?

4. What are two new terms for autobiographical graphic novels?

5. What is an avatar (in relation to autobiographical graphic novels)?

6. How do the illustrations in graphic novel autobiographies show self-reflexivity?

7. According to The Cambridge Companion to Graphic Novels, what are the four types or themes in autobiographical graphic novels?

8. Which of these types/themes are problematic?

9. What were underground comix?

10. What is considered to be the first confessional autobiographical comic?

11. Why is Aline Kominsky’s husband famous?

12. Who wrote American Splendor?

13. What is Gregory Gallant’s pen name?

14. List five women comics creators who are known for their autobiographical work.

15. Name the biggest publisher of comics and graphic novels in Canada.

16. What is the title of Debbie Drechsler’s autobiographical graphic novel about incest?

17. What term did Lynda Barry invent for her autobiography?

18. Who is the most famous female comics creator?

19. What is the Bechdel test?

20. Which autobiographical graphic novel was adapted into a Tony award-winning musical?

21. Which autobiographical graphic novel includes both comics and prose sections?

22. Which autobiographical graphic novel is the most significant and influential graphic novel ever?

23. Where was Art Spiegelman working at the time of the 9/11 attacks?

24. In what country does Aleksandar Zograf live?

25. Which U.S. Congressman has told his story as a graphic novel trilogy?

26. What did George Takei write a graphic novel about?

27. Who wrote Our Cancer Year?

28. Who has epilepsy in Epileptic?

29. Name two comics creators who are famous for their travel-related journalism.

30. How does Kukkonen define narrative? [Hint: be sure to check both the first paragraph of the chapter and the last section of the chapter.]

31. What is anchorage?

32. What is dénouement?

33. What is narratology?

34. What is the difference between story and discourse?

35. What is the French term for plot?

36. What is plot?

37. What are the six steps of narrative structure?

38. What is a feuilleton novel?

39. What does Genette mean by heterodiegetic and homodiegetic?

40. What is the different between a personalized narrator and a depersonalized narrator?

41. What are the three functions of a narrator according to Marie-Laure Ryan?

42. What is metanarration?

43. What are the differences among these three terms: narrator, focalizer, and observer?

44. What are the four basic image sizes in film?

45. What is continuity editing?

46. What are the two basic conventions of continuity editing that Kukkonen discusses?

47. How old was Marji at the time of the Islamic Revolution?

48. In what way did schools change as a result of the Revolution?

49. Why did Marji’s mother dye her hair and wear dark glasses for a long time?

50. What did young Marji want to be when she grew up?

51. What was the title of Marji’s favorite comic book?

52. Who was Marjane’s grandfather?

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What forbidden activity is Marjane’s father involved in that makes him very late coming home one night?

54. Who breaks up Mehri’s romance with the boy next door? Why?

55. Why do Marji and her friends want to attack Ramin with nails?

56. What happened to the political prisoners after the shah fled the country?

57. Who becomes Marji’s personal hero?

58. Why do many of Marji’s family members move to the U.S.?

59. Why is Uncle Anoosh executed?