Reflections of the holocaust in the graphic novels the Boxer and Maus

0580409 - SLÚ 2024 RIV SK eng J - Článek v odborném periodiku
Mikulášek, A. - Zelenková, Anna
Reflections of the holocaust in the graphic novels the Boxer and Maus.
Stredoeurópske pohľady. Roč. 5, č. 2 (2023), s. 17-30. ISSN 2644-6367
Grant ostatní: Agentúra na podporu výskumu a vývoja - APVV(SK) APVV-19-0244
Institucionální podpora: RVO:68378017
Klíčová slova: holocaust in comics * graphic novels * Kleist, Reinhard * Spiegelman, Art
Obor OECD: Specific literatures
Způsob publikování: Open access
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The study analyses the depiction of the Holocaust in the graphic novels Der Boxer (2012) by the German author Reinhard Kleist and Maus I-II (1986-1991) by the American author of Polish origin, Art Spiegelman. Both texts are explicit in their anti-psychologism and emotional rationalism and base their aesthetic value not on the subject matter´s originality but on the artwork´s form. While Der Boxer is a realistic comics about boxing as about boxing as a means of survival in the liminal situation of a concentration camp, the postmodern Maus captures the traumatic experience of genocide through the allegorical presentation of the main characters as animal beings.
Trvalý link: https://hdl.handle.net/11104/0349208