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Capoferro, Riccardo. "Individual Soldier: Corto Maltese e l’immaginario coloniale." Fictions 9. (2010): 59–79. Added by: joachim (4/18/17, 12:35 PM) Last edited by: joachim (5/31/17, 9:50 AM) |
Resource type: Journal Article Language: it: italiano Peer reviewed DOI: 10.1400/138117 BibTeX citation key: 2010b Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details |
Categories: General Keywords: "Corto Maltese", Adventure comics, Colonialism, Italy, Pratt. Hugo Creators: Capoferro Collection: Fictions |
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The graphic novels of the «Corto Maltese» series by Hugo Pratt draw themes and settings from the genre of the adventure romance: Pratt often alludes to writers like Defoe, Stevenson, and Kipling. Hugo Pratt’s relation to his sources is, however, far from uncritical. With a blend of realism and irony, and an innovative use of plot and graphic representation, Pratt’s narratives establish a critical relation with colonial romance and its ideological underpinnings, articulating a post-colonial perspective and undermining national identities.
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