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Incorporating Flow for a Comic [Book] Corrective of Rhetcon

In this essay, I examined the significance of graphic novels as polyvalent texts that hold the potential for creating an aesthetic sense of flow for readers and consumers. In building a justification for the rhetorical examination of comic book culture, I looked at Kenneth Burke's critique of art under capitalism in order to explore the dimensions between comic book creation, distribution, consumption, and reaction from fandom. I also examined Victor Turner's theoretical scope of flow, as an aesthetic related to ritual, communitas, and the liminoid. I analyzed the graphic novels Green Lantern: Rebirth and Y: The Last Man as case studies toward the rhetorical significance of retroactive continuity and the somatic potential of comic books to serve as equipment for living. These conclusions lay groundwork for multiple directions of future research.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:unt.edu/info:ark/67531/metadc28405
Date05 1900
CreatorsCastleberry, Garret
ContributorsLain, Brian A., Treat, Shaun R., Anderson, Karen A., Trudeau, Justin Thomas
PublisherUniversity of North Texas
Source SetsUniversity of North Texas
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis or Dissertation
FormatText
RightsPublic, Copyright, Castleberry, Garret, Copyright is held by the author, unless otherwise noted. All rights reserved.

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