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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).

What Happens When Nothing Happens: Boredom and Everyday Life in Contemporary Comics

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    Publisher: Leuven University Press
    Publication Date: 06/07/2016
    ISBN13: 9789462700734, 978-9462700734
    ISBN10: 9462700737

    Number of Pages: 200

    Non Fiction , ELT & Literary Studies , Education

    Description

    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).

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