The Role of Names in City Of Glass
In City of Glass, Paul Auster depicts a detective story that is really a mission for finding truth. The narrator we later realize is an actual character that problematizes the novel for readers. It problematizes the reliability for the narrator, … Continue reading →
The scribbled face in Karasik & Mazzucchelli’s graphic novel City of Glass
In Arts One this past week we discussed Paul Auster’s novel City of Glass as well as the graphic novel adaptation by Paul Karasik and David Mazzucchelli. We were very fortunate to have a guest lecture by Paul Karasik on the graphic novel, on Monday, March 27, and he gave a public lecture later that […]
Who is who in City of Glass?
Hello everyone! Last book, last essay last blog post- we’re coming to a bittersweet end. Anyways, I have some thoughts. Not a lot, but some. On Wednesday, Zach and I were kind of talking about why Auster put himself in his book as a character. I (somewhat jokingly) asked “is he really that narcissistic?”, and […]
Identity of the Sketchy Face
So, as Jenna had pointed out in our Monday lecture, there are pictures of a strange, sketchy, screaming face dispersed throughout the City of Glass graphic novel. It is actually on the cover page too, though broken right down the middle just like Quinn’s face on the other side of the cover (I have no…
The Screaming Face in the City of Glass graphic novel
Even on the front cover, this strange, and frightening misshapen face, mouth open in a seemingly endless cry, accompanies the other non-descript faces, standing out from the visual style of the comic. It represents some sort of symbol, a diversion from the norm, or maybe even a culmination of events. In this blog post, I … Continue reading The Screaming Face in the City of Glass graphic novel
The Nine Panels
It’s no surprise that the title refers to the number of panels on each page that determines the panel structure…
Narrative Voice in “City of Glass”
Narrative voice in both the comic adaptation of Paul Auster’s mystery novel City of Glass and the text in its original form plays a crucial role that, if altered, would significantly alter the reader’s interpretation of the storyline itself. The constant shifts in the identity of main character Quinn add a dynamic aspect that moves the reader through the […]
Fun Home- essay rejects
Hi, I’m sorry that I’m only just doing this now but better late than never? These are just a couple of things that I had wanted to include in my essay but didn’t make the cut, because I wasn’t too sure what exactly to do with them. The first thing is a sequence on pages […]
No Message is a Message – Fun Home
No message is a message. I used to say this to all my friends who had a crush on somebody that didn’t reciprocate their feelings. Besides this phrase being quite applicable in the ‘romance department’, I think ‘no message is a message’ (or in other words, SILENCE), is quite fitting in ‘Fun Home’. So what […]
Graphic Novel & Adult Swim…A Validation of Both
The graphic novel offers a combination of prose and images that are able to further communicate ideas of depth. This medium allows authors to both show and tell, and advantage over the classic novels. Where novels demand pages of description, … Continue reading →