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What Happens When Nothing Happens

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Boredom and melancholy in the experience of reading. Contemporary graphic novels show an interesting shift from the extraordinary to the ordinary in slice-of-life stories in which nothing happens. Present-day graphic accounts are inhabited by melancholic characters whining about the lack of meaning in life. This book examines this intriguing transition and brings a historical, aesthetical and narratological approach to comics in which boredom is not only a topic, but also awakens a deliberate affective response in the very experience of reading. This volume brings together close readings of work by Lewis Trondheim, Chris Ware and Adrian Tomine. With a foreword by Raphäel Baroni (University of Lausanne). This publication is GPRC-labeled (Guaranteed Peer-Reviewed Content).

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ISBN: 9789462700734
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Author: Greice Schneider, Raphael Baroni, Raphal Baroni
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Format: Paperback
Pagination: 200 pages
Series: Studies in European Comics and Graphic Novels
Genres: Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers