MEDIA THEORISTS COMIC PRESENTATION

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• Representation : is the depiction /portrayal of people, places and ideas on a particular way
• Propp : identifies universal character types
• Levi-Strauss Binary oppositions : narrative is driven forward by conflict between opposing forces
• Semiotics Roland Barthes : decoding visual language - denotation of literal signs, connotation of cultural meanings
• Todorov: the narrative arc moves from equilibrium, through disequilibrium to a new equilibrium
• Enigma / action narrative codes: Barthes asserts that the narrative structure of genres like thriller and crime starts in mysteries that slowly unfold