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The French Comics Theory Reader: (Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels)

The French Comics Theory Reader: (Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels)

          
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The French Comics Theory Reader presents a collection of key theoretical texts on comics, spanning a period from the 1960s to the 2010s, written in French and never before translated into English. The publication brings a distinctive set of authors together, uniting theoretical scholars, artists, journalists, and comics critics. Readers will gain access to important debates that have taken place among major French-language comics scholars, including Thierry Groensteen, Benoit Peeters, Jan Baetens, and Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle, over the past fifty years. The collection covers a broad range of approaches to the medium, including historical, formal, sociological, philosophical, and psychoanalytic. A general introduction provides an overall context, and, in addition, each of the four thematic sections is prefaced by a brief summary of each text and an explanation of how they have influenced later work. The translations are faithful to the originals while reading clearly in English, and, where necessary, cultural references are clarified. Contributors: Jan Baetens, Gerard Blanchard, Luc Boltanski, Sylvain Bouyer, Philippe Capart, Erwin Dejasse, Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle, Jean-Claude Glasser, Thierry Groensteen, Manuel Hirtz, Francis Lacassin, Bruno Lecigne, Pascal Lefevre, Jean-Christophe Menu, Harry Morgan, Pascal Ory, Benoit Peeters, Jacques Samson, Barthelemy Schwartz, Michel Serres, Thierry Smolderen, Pierre Sterckx, Jean-Pierre Tamine, Serge Tisseron

Table of Contents:

The French Comics Theory Reader: General Introduction

Section One: Origins and Definitions

Introduction

Jean-Claude Glasser
The Origin of the Term 'Bande Dessinée' (1988)
Gérard Blanchard
The Origins of Stories in Images (1969)
Francis Lacassin
Dictionary Definition (1971)
Thierry Smolderen
Graphic Hybridization, the Crucible of Comics (2013)
Thierry Groensteen
The Elusive Specificity (1986)
Sylvain Bouyer
There is no Specificity at the Number you have Dialled (1986)
Sylvain Bouyer
Comics and Specificity: Concerning an Article Written in 1986 (2012)
Thierry Groensteen
Definitions (2012)

Section Two: Formal Approaches to the Study of Comics

Introduction

Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle
From Linear to Tabular (1976)
Pierre Sterckx
The Magnifying Glass or the Sponge (1986)
Jacques Samson
Modern Pictorial Enunciative Strategies (1988)
Thierry Groensteen
Narration as Supplement: an Archaeology of the Infra-Narrative
Foundations of Comics (1988)
Jan Baetens and Pascal Lefèvre
Texts and Images (1993)
Jan Baetens and Pascal Lefèvre
The Work and its Surround (1993)

Section Three: French Comics Criticism

Introduction

Bruno Lecigne and Jean-Pierre Tamine
Modern Realism (1983)
Harry Morgan and Manuel Hirtz
Jack Kirby's Apocalypses (2009)
Pierre Fresnault-Deruelle
Image Readings (2009)
Michel Serres
Laughter: the Absent-Minded Jewels or the Bold Prima Donna (1970)
Benoît Peeters
Reading Tintin: The Stolen Jewels (1984/2007)
Serge Tisseron
Bianca Castafiore or The Woman and her Jewel (1985)

Section Four: Reading the French Comics Industry

Introduction

Luc Boltanski
The Constitution of the Comics Field (1975)
Pascal Ory
The New Disorder (2002)
Erwin Dejasse and Philippe Capart
In Search of the Lost Serial (2009)
Barthélémy Schwartz
On Indigence (1986)
Jean-Christophe Menu
Stay off my Patch (2005)


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9789058679888
  • Publisher: Leuven University Press
  • Publisher Imprint: Leuven University Press
  • Depth: 25
  • Language: English
  • Returnable: Y
  • Spine Width: 23 mm
  • Width: 160 mm
  • ISBN-10: 9058679888
  • Publisher Date: 23 Jun 2014
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Height: 239 mm
  • No of Pages: 385
  • Series Title: Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels
  • Weight: 907 gr


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