Browse Subject Headings
Narrative in Ovid's Amores : Comics Theory, Elegy, and Segmentary Narrative
Narrative in Ovid's Amores : Comics Theory, Elegy, and Segmentary Narrative
Click to enlarge
Author(s): Swain, Natalie
ISBN No.: 9781350407244
Pages: 208
Year: 202601
Format: Trade Cloth (Hard Cover)
Price: $ 161.00
Dispatch delay: Dispatched between 7 to 15 days
Status: Available

How are comics and Latin elegy related? Comics tell their stories by placing individual images in a sequence, and Latin elegy builds narrative through sequence, encouraging readers to connect poems in order to reveal narrativity. Despite this, there has yet to be a definitive methodology that inspires readers to examine the function of this narrative tool. Examining Ovid's Amores , Swain argues a comics-based methodology can offer us important new insights into the ancient genre of Latin elegy. This book applies theories such as the gutter (the space that exists between two comics panels), Groensteen's braiding (the interaction of panels outside of a linear sequence), and the comics page-turn, all to release new readings that reveal the narrative found across the three books of this text. By analysing the way that Ovid creates a complex narrative mosaic in which key characters and motifs repeat across poems, this book explores how story segments are connected into a larger unified narrative.


To be able to view the table of contents for this publication then please subscribe by clicking the button below...
To be able to view the full description for this publication then please subscribe by clicking the button below...
Browse Subject Headings