Bound Volume Number
4
Degree Type
Honors Capstone Project
Date of Submission
Spring 5-1-2015
Capstone Advisor
Zachary Braiterman, Professor
Honors Reader
Karen Hall, Assistant Director Honors Program
Capstone Major
Languages, Literatures, and Linguistics
Capstone College
Arts and Science
Audio/Visual Component
no
Keywords
Holocaust representation, graphic novel, comic books, Maus, X Men
Capstone Prize Winner
no
Won Capstone Funding
no
Honors Categories
Humanities
Subject Categories
American Literature | American Popular Culture | Jewish Studies
Abstract
The following Capstone project documents my research into the topic of Holocaust representation in comic books and graphic novels. Comics are an oft-overlooked medium in academic circles, so there is a distinct lack of scholarly works examining comics outside the fields of pop culture studies or comics art studies. As a result, outside of works like Art Spiegelman’s Maus, the phenomenon of Holocaust representation in comics is relatively uncategorized and unexamined. It was my intention in this project to demonstrate that comics are a legitimate medium for depicting and analyzing the Holocaust both as a historical event and through the lenses of trauma and memory. I approached this goal by establishing a spectrum of the types of Holocaust representation in comics and presenting an in-depth analysis of a single representative work for each category on the spectrum, concluding with an examination of visual and stylistic trends within comics across the spectrum.
Recommended Citation
Mandel, Rachel Elizabeth, "From Maus to Magneto: Exploring Holocaust Representation in Comic Books and Graphic Novels" (2015). Honors Capstone Projects - All. 846.
https://surface.syr.edu/honors_capstone/846
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