The Possibilities, Conventions and Devices of the Comic Strip as a Narrative Text

The graphic Novel, “What It Is”, by Lynda Barry expresses the idea of creativity in the perspective of the author. By gradually discussing about her childhood experience, we were given her own reflection about how creativity is formed. However, it wasn’t a gentle and smooth road for Barry. A section of this book titled “Two Questions” deals with one of the many obstacles Barry had to face throughout her life. This section is useful for understanding the creative process.

Through the peculiarities of characterisation and the distinctively visual we experience the impact of place on people. Distinctively visual language shows the similarities and differences between characters and environment with the use of vivid imagery. The distinctively visual is able to create detailed setting, characters and place. Through the distinctively visual Henry Lawson and Tim Burton convey interesting views on environment and human interactions, and their affect on people and society in Lawsons “The Loaded Dog” and “The Drovers Wife” and Burtons “Alice in Wonderland. Good morning markers and peers.

The author defines imagery by manipulating the environment to reflect characters’ emotions and describe the importance of sacrifice. When the father quits the house with the cat, Bedard describes that “[t]he kitchen light went off, and the house darkened.” (57) These details inform us that a big moment of fear and tension is felt inside the house, especially the little

Life writing is a genre that’s more equivocal than other genres. It has its own codes and conventions which help convey its own key ideas and messages. The arrangement of the codes and conventions help the audience recognize the connection between other life writing texts. One of the these is how perspective is used to convey the authors aspects of the real incident. This convention links to the one of the codes, language, where the composer uses languages to create personal accounts of a person’s life. All authors use language to express their experience. This verbalization is what links all life writing texts together.

Distinctively visual is not just about images but also the power of language that enables composers to transport us to their world, specifically to the place indicative of the time during which the text was written. Henry Lawson’s collection of short stories in particular ‘In a dry season’ and ‘The drover’s wife’ and my related text, Art Spigelman’s graphic novel ‘Maus’ bring their unique ideas to life shaping and challenging our perspective and understanding of various human experiences of pain, suffering ,courage, resilience and perseverance ultimately bringing personal and social issues to life.

There are many different ways to tell a story, but which way is the best? As mentioned by Scott McCloud, young kids read books with many pictures, and as they develop into adults, they read books with less and less pictures, but is this the best way to read stories? There is a better method to read a story, and that method is through comics. In McCloud 's graphic essay "Show and Tell," McCloud proves that through the use of both writing and illustrations in comics, comics are the best form of literature to convey a story. By proving this, McCloud demonstrates how visual representation is very important while conveying a message, as it provides a bigger range of emotion and expression. As humans, we like creativity and emotions and thus, visual representation in communication is important in our society.

rhetorical mode of pathos, readers can view both short stories in a new criticism lense and

Have you ever noticed the use of machines in the Western genre before? If so, wasn’t it violent? Whether it is not being able to capture essence in photographs, visually describing the use of guns, or referencing to pencils in the text, poets are able to effectively communicate their ideas and central messages to readers by incorporating all necessary elements. These aspects allow the reader to be drawn in and view society from a different perspective. Michael Ondaatje’s use of imagery in The Collected Works of Billy the Kid explores and demonstrates how machines affect the way readers view and interpret Western society.

In his poem, “Golden Retrievals”, Mark Doty writes about a dog that wants to play. It takes great joy in a “thrillingly dead thing” (6) and “sniff[s] the wind” (4) in search of fun. Still, the dog is not satisfied. It notices its owner sulking over the past, so, through disjointed thoughts and sporadic style, it tries to help its owner forget about the past. Doty writes his poem through the perspective of a dog, utilizing structure to convey a sense of playfulness that highlights the importance of living in the moment.

In one the lone stick figure stands in at the end of the alleyway, all lines of the fence and pathway drawing the intended readers attention towards it (Tan, 68). The other, the creatures possessing humanistic qualities, as the three stick figures hold hands, showing a sense of quest to find their place in society, pulling together a sense of the urban landscape that is disconnected from the natural elements of the bush, that was smothered in pegs tale ‘the gown of cobweb lace’. It is clear within Stick Figures’ the world around them has evolved, and they are the ones that are out of place and do not belong, however, there is a clear message of self-reflection as the stick figures cause their abusers to question their own existence ‘ its as if they take all our questions and offer them straight back. Who are you? Why are you here?

“Twinkle, twinkle, little star… like a diamond in the sky” is a simile that everybody knows from a young age; figurative language is everywhere but it is always hidden with a meaning behind it. Figurative language draws readers in because of the polar ends, and formally it is known as “language that is not literal, but rather uses figures of speech to convey meaning.  Figures of speech often come in the form of similes, metaphors, hyperboles, alliteration or personification”(Trombley 4). In “The Interlopers”, “The Most Dangerous Game”, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and “The Gift of Magi” language erupts which makes them some of the most vivid and imaginative pieces. Also, in short stories, authors use literary

Descriptive language is a literary tool used by many great writers. We clearly see this in the stories “Boys & Girls”, “Cat in the Rain”, “The Secret Life of Walter Mitty” and the poem “A Far Cry from Africa”. Through the use of metaphors, imagery, similes and symbolism, the authors present their issues more effectively. We see that in all these stories, descriptive language is used to demonstrate how a characters identity predicament can

In Maus, Spiegelman’s characters are icons; he utilizes everyday, commonplace animals to represent the humans in

The book Maus, a graphic novel by Vladek Spiegelman’s son, Art Spiegelman is written in the form of a graphic novel. It elaborates on Vladek’s adolescent experiences as a young jew during the Holocaust. On a surface level, the photographs in Maus contributed to my understanding of the story by giving Vladek's words a visual. The images tell the story in a direct way by expressing the emotions of his father as the comic strips transition from the past to present. The format of this story certainly takes some risks. To some audiences, this format could come off as a joke, as though Spiegelman wasn’t taking his father’s story seriously. With a graphic novel usually used to depict fictionally, sci-fi like stories, the audience might think that Art is treating his father’s experiences as if they were part of a fictional

This essay begins by discussing and exploring the premises of an analysis of creativity at text level following a textual approach to literacy and creativity; assessing the extent to which it is effective in identify creativity in literacy practices such as diaries, letters and graffiti. However, I would like to continue by presenting the