Sfar So Far: Identity, History, Fantasy, and Mimesis in Joann Sfar's Graphic Novels Contributor(s): Leroy, Fabrice (Author) |
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ISBN: 9462700060 ISBN-13: 9789462700062 Publisher: Leuven University Press OUR PRICE: $78.21 Product Type: Paperback Published: February 2015 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels - Literary Criticism | European - French - Literary Criticism | Jewish |
Dewey: 741.59 |
LCCN: 2014410688 |
Series: Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels |
Physical Information: 0.47" H x 6.75" W x 9.05" (1.75 lbs) 304 pages |
Themes: - Cultural Region - French - Ethnic Orientation - Jewish |
Descriptions, Reviews, Etc. |
Publisher Description: Sfar So Far is the first monograph in any language devoted to the graphic novels of Joann Sfar, an artist whose abundant and innovative work has profoundly marked the contemporary French comics scene. This book examines how, over the past two decades, Sfar has constructed an idiosyncratic universe with its own thematic and stylistic recurrences: a playful drafting style, contrasting with the thoughtful introduction of historical, theological, and philosophical matters; a sophisticated use of literary, filmic, musical, and pictorial references; an exploration of his own Jewish heritage in the context of a multicultural, postcolonial French society; an affinity for magic realism, fairy tales, heroic fantasy, the fantastique, and science fiction, often filtered through irony or parody; and a predilection for romantic musings and an interest in unconventional love stories. |