Writing the Self, Drawing the SelfIdentity and Self-Reflexivity in Craig Thompson’s Graphic Memoir Blankets

  1. Mercedes Peñalba García
Revista:
Cultura, lenguaje y representación = Culture, language and representation: revista de estudios culturales de la Universitat Jaume I = cultural studies journal of Universitat Jaume I

ISSN: 1697-7750

Año de publicación: 2015

Número: 14

Páginas: 155-180

Tipo: Artículo

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Resumen

Este artículo plantea, como eje argumentativo, la identificación de algunas convenciones genéricas del cómic autobiográfico mediante las cuales se articula la construcción de la identidad y se abordan aspectos relativos a la veracidad, la ética y la representación del «yo» en un medio verbo-visual. La memoria gráfica de Craig Thompson Blankets (2003) servirá de base para el análisis de algunos recursos semióticos del género autobiográfico: la representación de la subjetividad y la dimensión espacial de la temporalidad. A partir del modelo crítico postulado por Charles Hatfield (2005), se examina la identidad fragmentada del sujeto autobiográfico, la doble naturaleza del pacto narrativo –verbal y visual– y la noción de autenticidad.

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