Blog Post 12/3-Final Paper

When deciding what text I wanted to write about for the final paper (Curious Case or Persepolis), I looked at what theoretical articles fascinated me most.  I personally enjoyed the article written by Naghibi and O'Malley that discusses Satrapi's familiarization of the "eastern culture" for the "Western audience."  While those comparisons may be interesting, I found their brief reference to Scott McCloud's cartooning theory the most applicable to what I want to write about.  I immediately started to make a connection to the "identity" issue that plaques Satrapi throughout the text to the identity that she places on her drawings, or "cartoons."

So far, I am about half done with my paper.  As I wrote my outline, I was afraid I wouldn't have enough information to discuss in the paper.  Luckily, I realized early that I wouldn't be able to base my whole paper off McCloud's theory of cartooning, so I have been able to incorporate elements of the Naghibi/O'Malley text along with the "Graphic Narrative as a Witness" article as well.