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Art Spiegelman's Maus as a Heteroglossic Text

Minich, Dane H.
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1384994150

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2013, Master of Arts in English, Cleveland State University, College of Liberal Arts and Social Sciences.
According to philosopher Mikhail Bakhtin, the modernist novel is the best literary form to exploit heteroglossia, or the coexistence of two or more voices within a text. It incorporates the speeches of the author, narrators, and characters, as well as languages that are indicative of social status, employment, epochs, and so on. In this essay, heteroglossia is applied to Art Spiegelman's graphic novel Maus to demonstrate that the comics medium is also a prime candidate for heteroglossic exploitation. Voice and dialect are examined in the first portion of the essay, including generational differences between the characters' language, the presence and depictions of foreign languages, and authorial voice. The second portion of the essay applies heteroglossia to the text's visual aspects to explore its illustrative polyphony. This essay established that Maus, as well as the comics medium as a whole, is capable of exploiting heteroglossia.
James Marino, PhD (Committee Chair)
F. Jeff Karem, PhD (Committee Member)
Jennifer Jeffers, PhD (Committee Member)
American Literature; American Studies; Art History; History; Holocaust Studies; Language; Linguistics; Sociolinguistics
Mikhail Bakhtin; Art Spiegelman; Maus, heteroglossia; comics; graphic novel; Holocaust; language; voices

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  • Minich, D. H. (2013). Art Spiegelman's Maus as a Heteroglossic Text [Master's thesis, Cleveland State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1384994150

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Minich, Dane. Art Spiegelman's Maus as a Heteroglossic Text. 2013. Cleveland State University, Master's thesis. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1384994150.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Minich, Dane. "Art Spiegelman's Maus as a Heteroglossic Text." Master's thesis, Cleveland State University, 2013. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=csu1384994150

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