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Chatterji, Roma. Graphic Narratives and the Mythological Imagination in India. London: Routledge India, 2019. Added by: joachim (1/29/22, 3:44 PM) Last edited by: joachim (1/29/22, 3:54 PM) |
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| Resource type: Book Language: en: English DOI: 10.4324/9780429295928 ID no. (ISBN etc.): 9780367272869 BibTeX citation key: Chatterji2019 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: "Mahabharata", "Ramayana", Adaptation, Creative process, Folklore, India, Myth, Narratology, Science Fiction, Superhero Creators: Chatterji Publisher: Routledge India (London) |
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This book explores graphic narratives and comics in India and demonstrates how these forms serve as sites on which myths are enacted and recast. It uses the case studies of a comics version of the Mahabharata War, a folk artist’s rendition of a comic book story, and a commercial project to re-imagine two of India’s most famous epics – the Ramayana and the Mahabharata – as science fiction and superhero tales. It discusses comic books and self-published graphic novels; bardic performance aided with painted scrolls and commercial superhero comics; myths, folklore, and science fiction; and different pictorial styles and genres of graphic narration and storytelling. It also examines the actual process of the creation of comics besides discussions with artists on the tools and location of the comics medium as well as the method and impact of translation and crossover genres in such narratives. Table of Contents List of figures (vi) 1. Mythological revisionings (1) References (105) |