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Journal of Radiology Nursing, Mar 1, 2023
Graphic novel adaptations of classic texts are not fully recognized for their potential contribut... more Graphic novel adaptations of classic texts are not fully recognized for their potential contributions to scholarship. This thesis argues that a graphic novel adaptation of classic literature can function as literary criticism of its source while allowing for further interpretation. Case studies include three classic texts with their corrsponding graphic novel adaptations: Shakespeare\u27s Macbeth with Shakespeare\u27s Macbeth: the Manga Edition, and Classical Comics\u27 Macbeth: the Graphic Novel; Shelley\u27s Frankenstein with Classical Comics\u27 Frankenstein: the Graphic Novel; and Wilde\u27s The Picture of Dorian Gray with adaptations by Thomas and Fiumara and by Edginton and Culbard. Findings demonstrate complex ways in which adaptations engage reader/viewers and facilitate analysis of their sources. The graphic novel interprets through visual image, rhetoric, and linkingof themes and motifs; it can also visually express concepts. Since its reader/viewer interprets as well, the...
Retold Feminine Memoirs: Our Collective Past and Present, 2013
Journal of Radiology Nursing, Mar 1, 2023
Graphic novel adaptations of classic texts are not fully recognized for their potential contribut... more Graphic novel adaptations of classic texts are not fully recognized for their potential contributions to scholarship. This thesis argues that a graphic novel adaptation of classic literature can function as literary criticism of its source while allowing for further interpretation. Case studies include three classic texts with their corrsponding graphic novel adaptations: Shakespeare\u27s Macbeth with Shakespeare\u27s Macbeth: the Manga Edition, and Classical Comics\u27 Macbeth: the Graphic Novel; Shelley\u27s Frankenstein with Classical Comics\u27 Frankenstein: the Graphic Novel; and Wilde\u27s The Picture of Dorian Gray with adaptations by Thomas and Fiumara and by Edginton and Culbard. Findings demonstrate complex ways in which adaptations engage reader/viewers and facilitate analysis of their sources. The graphic novel interprets through visual image, rhetoric, and linkingof themes and motifs; it can also visually express concepts. Since its reader/viewer interprets as well, the...
Retold Feminine Memoirs: Our Collective Past and Present, 2013