Week 11 comics as contemporary literature

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Asterios Polyp, a graphic novel by David Mazzuchelli is a visually engaging story, with an interesting narrative twist. Instead of the typical first or third person narrative, the story is instead told by Asterios’s deceased twin brother Ignazio. The story follows Asterios’s journey following the loss of his home in a tragic fire, and chronicles his journey as a character. Although the story initially seems to have no real consistency or overarching plot line, but the little details that are shown instead of spoken create a semblance of contingency. Throughout the course of the novel you begin to develop a level of empathy for the protagonist despite his many flaws, which adds a level of realism to the story.


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