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Silence, Satire and Empathy: Reading Appupen’s Topoi in His Wordless Graphic Narratives
Rupkatha Journal on Interdisciplinary Studies in Humanities Pub Date : 2021-12-08 , DOI: 10.21659/rupkatha.v13n4.32
Kabita Mondal , , Joydeep Banerjee ,

The projection of the incongruities of contemporary times through the frame of satire is a powerful instrument in the genre of comics and graphic narratives and in Indian graphic literature as well. Mendiburo-Seguel and Heintz (2020) explain eight Comic Style Markers (CSM) in Latin-American cultures, and satire, a “darker style”, is one of them. The paper aims to conceptualise how Appupen’s wordless graphic narratives Moonward: Stories from Halahala (2009), Legends of Halahala (2013), Aspyrus: A Dream of Halahala (2014) and The Snake and the Lotus: A Halahala Adventure (2018) register black satire against society, politics, religion, industrialization, consumerism, advertisement and so on and how they prove to play the role of “corrective humour” (Ruch and Heintz, 2016). This paper attempts to explore how the “author-artist’s” (Aldama, 2010) fantastical and dystopic graphic narratives, excoriate social and political issues to create a unique aesthetic of thoughtful critical writing in graphic mode, thereby collectively contributing to the interdisciplinary studies of fantasy and dystopia and helping to proliferate the genre of Indian Comics and graphic narratives as well. Moreover, as “satire had a moral goodness that was lacking in sarcasm and cynicism” (Ruch, Heintz, Platt, Wagner, and Proyer, 2018), this essay argues what kind of empathic feeling, perspective sharing and cognitive overlap Appupen cultivates in these four narratives and develops their moral, aesthetic and humane tenacity. The article discusses Appupen’s satire as a vehicle by which he prudently moulds empathy with the reader to convey the intrinsic values of the texts.

中文翻译:

沉默、讽刺和同理心:在阿普彭的无言图解叙事中解读托波伊

通过讽刺的框架投射当代的不协调是漫画和图形叙事以及印度图形文学的有力工具。Mendiburo-Seguel 和 Heintz (2020) 解释了拉丁美洲文化中的八种漫画风格标记 (CSM),讽刺,一种“较暗的风格”,就是其中之一。该论文旨在概念化 Appupen 的无言图形叙事 Moonward: Stories from Halahala (2009), Legends of Halahala (2013), Aspyrus: A Dream of Halahala (2014) 和 The Snake and the Lotus: A Halahala Adventure (2018) register black对社会、政治、宗教、工业化、消费主义、广告等的讽刺,以及它们如何被证明起到“矫正幽默”的作用(Ruch 和 Heintz,2016 年)。本文试图探讨“作者-艺术家”(Aldama, 2010) 奇幻和反乌托邦的图形叙事,痛斥社会和政治问题,以图形模式创造一种独特的深思熟虑的批判性写作美学,从而共同促进幻想和反乌托邦的跨学科研究,并有助于将印度漫画和图形叙事的体裁扩大为出色地。此外,由于“讽刺具有道德上的善良,缺乏讽刺和愤世嫉俗”(Ruch、Heintz、Platt、Wagner 和 Proyer,2018 年),本文探讨了 Appupen 在这些四个叙述,并发展他们的道德,审美和人道坚韧。文章讨论了 Appupen 的讽刺作为一种工具,他通过它谨慎地塑造与读者的同理心,以传达文本的内在价值。批判社会和政治问题,以图形模式创造一种独特的深思熟虑的批判性写作美学,从而共同促进幻想和反乌托邦的跨学科研究,并有助于扩大印度漫画和图形叙事的类型。此外,由于“讽刺具有道德上的善良,缺乏讽刺和愤世嫉俗”(Ruch、Heintz、Platt、Wagner 和 Proyer,2018 年),本文探讨了 Appupen 在这些四个叙述,并发展他们的道德,审美和人道坚韧。文章讨论了 Appupen 的讽刺作为一种工具,他通过它谨慎地塑造与读者的同理心,以传达文本的内在价值。批判社会和政治问题,以图形模式创造一种独特的深思熟虑的批判性写作美学,从而共同促进幻想和反乌托邦的跨学科研究,并有助于扩大印度漫画和图形叙事的类型。此外,由于“讽刺具有道德上的善良,缺乏讽刺和愤世嫉俗”(Ruch、Heintz、Platt、Wagner 和 Proyer,2018 年),本文探讨了 Appupen 在这些四个叙述,并发展他们的道德,审美和人道坚韧。文章讨论了 Appupen 的讽刺作为一种工具,他通过它谨慎地塑造与读者的同理心,以传达文本的内在价值。
更新日期:2021-12-08
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