Hey Man, I'm ReadingMedium Specific Modalities and Metafictions in Watchmen
Research Mentor(s)
Dietrich, Dawn
Description
“Hey Man, I’m Reading” is an analytical essay exploring the ways in which Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, creators of the cult favorite graphic novel Watchmen, manipulate the content and impact of their text by engaging with the specific abilities and rhetorics of the hybridized medium they were working in. The essay also addresses the cultural context in which Watchmen was written and Moore and Gibbons’ particular knack for demonstrating metafictional awareness of shifting cultural literacies within the text itself.
Document Type
Event
Start Date
18-5-2020 12:00 AM
End Date
22-5-2020 12:00 AM
Department
English, Literature
Genre/Form
student projects, posters
Subjects – Topical (LCSH)
Self-consciousness (Awareness) in literature; Fiction--Technique
Type
Image
Rights
Copying of this document in whole or in part is allowable only for scholarly purposes. It is understood, however, that any copying or publication of this document for commercial purposes, or for financial gain, shall not be allowed without the author’s written permission.
Language
English
Format
application/pdf
Hey Man, I'm ReadingMedium Specific Modalities and Metafictions in Watchmen
“Hey Man, I’m Reading” is an analytical essay exploring the ways in which Alan Moore and Dave Gibbons, creators of the cult favorite graphic novel Watchmen, manipulate the content and impact of their text by engaging with the specific abilities and rhetorics of the hybridized medium they were working in. The essay also addresses the cultural context in which Watchmen was written and Moore and Gibbons’ particular knack for demonstrating metafictional awareness of shifting cultural literacies within the text itself.