Facets of Multidirectional Memory in Miriam Katin’s Letting It Go
This paper analyzes Miriam Katin’s graphic memoir Letting It Go by using the concept of multidirectional memory as coined by Michael Rothberg, arguing that this is a narration that uncovers multiple perspectives on a traumatic event, with an ethical purpose in mind. The focus is on the novel way in...
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| Language: | English |
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University of Bucharest
2018-04-01
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| Series: | Intersections |
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| Online Access: | http://www.intersections-journal.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/04/Roxana-Mocanu-article.pdf |
| Summary: | This paper analyzes Miriam Katin’s graphic memoir Letting It Go by using the concept of multidirectional memory as coined by Michael Rothberg, arguing that this is a narration that uncovers multiple perspectives on a traumatic event, with an ethical purpose in mind. The focus is on the novel way in which this is achieved given the specific modes of graphic narration. I analyzes the literary modes behind the narrative in order to show the overlap of the narrator I, narrated I, and protagonist, and I unveil the graphic modes of the narrative as powerful tools that shape perspective and yield subjectivity. |
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| ISSN: | 2068-3472 2068-3472 |