Narrating and focalizing visually and visual-verbally in comics and
graphic novels
Charles Forceville
Abstract:Literary narratology has rightly devoted much attention to
analysing the source(s) of verbal information about the story world, usually
discussed under the label “narration”, and to any agent(s) that present(s)
non-verbalized perspectives on it, usually discussed under the label
“focalization”. Assessing the identity of narrators and focalizers is crucial
for understanding what is going on in the story world. Which narrative agent is
in charge? Is the narration and/or focalization… Show more
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