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What Happens When Nothing Happens: Boredom and Everyday Life in Contemporary Comics
Contributor(s): Schneider, Greice (Author), Baroni, Rapha'l (Foreword by)
ISBN: 9462700737     ISBN-13: 9789462700734
Publisher: Leuven University Press
OUR PRICE:   $58.91  
Product Type: Paperback
Published: January 2017
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BISAC Categories:
- Literary Criticism | Comics & Graphic Novels
- Comics & Graphic Novels | Literary
Series: Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels
Physical Information: 0.25" H x 6.85" W x 9.25" (1.32 lbs) 200 pages
 
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Contemporary graphic novels show an interesting shift from the extraordinary to the ordinary in slice-of-life stories in which nothing happens. This book brings a historical, aesthetic, and narratological approach to comics in which boredom is not only a topic but also awakens a deliberate affective response in the very experience of reading. This volume brings together close readings of work by Lewis Trondheim, Chris Ware, and Adrian Tomine.


Contributor Bio(s): Schneider, Greice: - Greice Schneider is associate professor of Communications at the Universidade Federal de Sergipe (Brazil).Baroni, Rapha'l: - Raphael Baroni is Associate Professor at the University of Lausanne (Switzerland).