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Persepolis
Marjane SatrapiSlide2
Flashback
Looking back on events that occur before the narrativeWriters use flashback to insert past events, in order to provide background or context to the current events of a narrative
Flashbacks allow their readers to gain insight into a character’s motivations, and provide a background to a current conflict
Dream sequences and memories are methods used to present flashbacks.Slide3
Marjane
Satrapi (1969- )
An
Iranian-born
French graphic
novelist, cartoonist, illustrator, film director, and children's book author
.Both her parents were politically active and supported Marxist causes against the monarchy of the last Shah. She witnessed many family friends being persecuted, arrested, and even murdered. She was a strong-willed teenager that was passionate about her beliefs. Apart from her native language Persian, she speaks French, English, Swedish, German, and Italian. Slide4
Persepolis Insight
Depicts
her
childhood up to her early adult years in Iran during and after the Islamic revolution.
Originally published
in French,
it has been translated into several languages including English. Newsweek ranked the book #5 on its list of the ten best non-fiction books of the decade.When looking at the main character of Persepolis, we see the daily struggle that she goes through- whether as a result of her religion, culture, gender, or a mixture of the three
issues.
Looking
at
Persepolis,
we will
be able to see from her
perspective,
the
struggles she went
through, what influenced her
decisions,
and even how she overcame
her struggles.Slide5
Graphic Novel Vocabulary
Panel - squares or rectangles that contain a single image
Gutters – space between panels
Dialogue Balloons- contain communication between/among characters
Thought Bubbles- contain a character’s thoughts shared only with the readerCaptions- provide information about the scene or character Sound Effects – visual clues about sounds in the scene Slide6
Graphic Novel Vocabulary
Shah – A king of Iran
Dynasties- Families of Rulers
Succeeded- Ruled After
Aryans- Caucasians
Frivolities- Trivial Things
Royalist – Person who supports a
King
Martyr- Person
who is killed because of their religious or other beliefsSlide7