Ghost World

We're in different territory here. As you can tell, this is no ordinary novel. It belongs to a relatively new genre called Grapic Novels. Stemming from the desire of artists to stretch the limits of the comic-book genre, these novels explore everything from Victorian England (From Hell 19__) to contemporary America (Ghost World).

One point to consider as we approach the end of the semester (and these more contemporary novels) is how novels have or have not changed. What differences/similarities are there between Candide and Things They Carried? Between other novels we've read? Think in terms of form, theme, characterization, tone, implied audience, etc.

How do most 18 year olds feel about politics? That's about all you need to know for this novel.

Middle-class, Jewish? Tensions b/t WASP and Jewish?

Youth culture

Clothing.

Work so hard at being different

Pyschology

Teen Angst

Brief history

Comics as art

How to read a comic

The spaces between the panels

Graphic symbols

Shape of thought ballons

Shape of panels

Spatial arrangement on the page

Style of art as reflection of content

I'm at a bit of a loss here. A profile in the New Yorker revealed that . . .

What is the "Ghost World"?
Who is painting the graffiti?
What is Enid's personality?
What role does television play in the novel? How does it effect the characters?
What do we know about Enid's past? How does it effect our understanding of her character?
Why a diner -- and why so many?