How to Tell a Story without Words: Time and Focalization in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival (2006)
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| spelling | doaj.art-5676a0694b9242eea0a3d0988b11ac2f2023-08-01T14:29:33ZengOpen Library of HumanitiesThe Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship2048-07922021-08-0111110.16995/cg.4043How to Tell a Story without Words: Time and Focalization in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival (2006)Alessandro Scanu0Freie Universität Berlin@font-face{font-family:"Cambria Math";panose-1:2 4 5 3 5 4 6 3 2 4;mso-font-charset:0;mso-generic-font-family:roman;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:-536870145 1107305727 0 0 415 0;}@font-face{font-family:Calibri;panose-1:2 15 5 2 2 2 4 3 2 4;mso-font-charset:0;mso-generic-font-family:swiss;mso-font-pitch:variable;mso-font-signature:-536859905 -1073697537 9 0 511 0;}p.MsoNormal, li.MsoNormal, div.MsoNormal{mso-style-unhide:no;mso-style-qformat:yes;mso-style-parent:"";margin-top:0cm;margin-right:0cm;margin-bottom:8.0pt;margin-left:0cm;line-height:107%;mso-pagination:widow-orphan;font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:DE;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}.MsoChpDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;mso-default-props:yes;font-size:11.0pt;mso-ansi-font-size:11.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Calibri",sans-serif;mso-ascii-font-family:Calibri;mso-ascii-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-fareast-font-family:Calibri;mso-fareast-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-hansi-font-family:Calibri;mso-hansi-theme-font:minor-latin;mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-theme-font:minor-bidi;mso-ansi-language:DE;mso-fareast-language:EN-US;}.MsoPapDefault{mso-style-type:export-only;margin-bottom:8.0pt;line-height:107%;}div.WordSection1{page:WordSection1;}This essay analyzes the main narrative strategies used by Australian artist Shaun Tan in his 2006 wordless graphic novel The Arrival. Following a medium-specific narratological approach, which takes into account the characteristics of the comics medium, the article explores the role that frames, gutters, panels, and other constitutive features of comics play in the representation of narrative time. In addition, the essay addresses how focalization is configured in the graphic novel, proposing a medium-specific typology of the different modes of focalization that can be appreciated in The Arrival.https://www.comicsgrid.com/article/id/4043/cognitionnarratologypicture booksplotgraphic novels |
| spellingShingle | Alessandro Scanu How to Tell a Story without Words: Time and Focalization in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival (2006) The Comics Grid: Journal of Comics Scholarship cognition narratology picture books plot graphic novels |
| title | How to Tell a Story without Words: Time and Focalization in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival (2006) |
| title_full | How to Tell a Story without Words: Time and Focalization in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival (2006) |
| title_fullStr | How to Tell a Story without Words: Time and Focalization in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival (2006) |
| title_full_unstemmed | How to Tell a Story without Words: Time and Focalization in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival (2006) |
| title_short | How to Tell a Story without Words: Time and Focalization in Shaun Tan’s The Arrival (2006) |
| title_sort | how to tell a story without words time and focalization in shaun tan s the arrival 2006 |
| topic | cognition narratology picture books plot graphic novels |
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