Gutters In Persepolis

The reader of persepolis knows who satrapi is addressing in her graphic memoir as she writes the book persepolis i wrote for the other ones not for iranians the other ones meaning the west.

Gutters in persepolis. We begin by thinking about what persepolis is and what it s about focusing in particular on the historical events that form the background of the graphic novel as well as the meaning of term graphic novel itself. In chapter 3 the blood in the gutter mccloud writes of the importance of the gutter. Persepolis and the gutter i saw the film version of persepolis my junior year of college and because of that i was somewhat seeing that version in my mind as i read the novel. Understanding persepolis wait do i have the wrong book.

It is an abbreviated history of iran from its first occupation by indo european nomads to the establishment of the persian empire to the 1979 islamic revolution. The invisible messenger if one were to look at a comic they would see empty space between the panels that contain the illustrations and dialogue of the text. During the surface water drainage operations in persepolis a main gutter was discovered at the southern courtyard of tachar palace irna quoted supervisor of the persepolis world heritage center. They flirt with boys until a bombing raid begins and the boys dive in the gutter to stay safe.

Satrapi writes in her introduction that since the islamic revolution in 1979 this old and great civilisation has been discussed mostly in connection with fundamentalism fanaticism and. Jackie regales s story gutters balloons and panels. Frame panel gutter graphic weight tonal difference patterning and saturated colors and text features captions versus speech balloons. Although satrapi s persepolis is a graphic novel rather than a comic strip readers can find a connection between what mccloud writes about in understanding comics and that which satrapi presents on her pages.

In this course dr dominic davies university of oxford explores marjane satrapi s graphic novel persepolis. The gutter plays host to much of the magic and mystery that are at the very. Distribute graphic novel comics terms and concepts to students and review it. In the comic world this space is known as the gutter.

Unlike many comic books in the west satrapi uses a great amount of non sequitur transitions. Persepolis begins with a short introduction. At home marjane s mother is upset. The gutter is essential.

The use of gutters and transitions on this page from persepolis are characteristic of satrapi s graphic novel as they regularly require the reader to make a few mental leaps steps. Graphic novels have a way of drawing the eye to certain places on the page while also allowing freedom for the reader to make a connection among the different panels. This is an obvious observation that has not so obvious implications.