Essays Tagged: "MAUS"

Art Spiegleman

mplete a work of cartoon art. In 1986, Art Spiegelman, hailed by some as the "new Kafka," published Maus: A Survivors Tale, a graphic-novel depiction of his troubled relationship with his father, a Je ... elationship with his father, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Death Camps. Then, in 1991, he published Maus II: And Here My Troubles Began, which earned him a Pulitzer prize for both volumes.BiographyArt ...

(6 pages) 239 0 4.3 Dec/1996

Subjects: Art Essays > Artists

How Vladek is cheap.

MAUSOften times, triumphs, struggles, and obstacles seem to represent significant events in an indiv ... ngs that are disturbing, we tend to change our perspective on the world. In Art Spiegelman's comix, MAUS, we see numerous examples of how Vladek's experiences going through the Holocaust, psychologica ... ces have made him non-trusting, cheap, and even selfish at times.First, there was a scenario in the MAUS, in which Vladeks acquaintances pay a guard to let them run away, instead of taking the money a ...

(3 pages) 72 0 1.0 Nov/2003

Subjects: Art Essays

Textual Analysis/Critique of Maus II

No history book can compare to the personal trauma in Maus II in the way that it relays the story of the Holocaust in an emotional and authentic way. Stat ... ors and victims had to endure and succumb to. Art Spiegelman's journey through his father's past in Maus II, forces him to realize what an incredible impact it had on the people in that generation, an ... ws, but everyone.Halfway through the book Spiegelman illustrates himself dealing with the publicity Maus I has received: "At least fifteen foreign editions are coming out. I've gotten 4 serious offers ...

(4 pages) 91 0 3.0 Mar/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > North American

Maus I & II

gs that are disturbing, we tend to change our perspective on the world. In Art Spiegelman's comics, Maus, we see numerous examples and happenings of how going through the Holocaust can be psychologica ... umerous examples and happenings of how going through the Holocaust can be psychologically scarring. Maus also shows signs of multiplicity very clearly. In regards to culture, people are placed in unus ...

(3 pages) 48 0 5.0 Oct/2004

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > European Literature

Analysis of "MAUS," by Art Spiegelman, and effect on readers

aid to the viewer's understanding of the piece as a whole. Art Spiegelman's remarkable publication Maus breaks the conventional barriers of the past between comics and what were then considered to be ... s and what were then considered to be serious novels. As a graphic novel about a horrific atrocity, Maus is the first work of its kind. Through the style of his drawings, Spiegelman is able to use ill ...

(4 pages) 92 0 4.3 Feb/2005

Subjects: Literature Research Papers

Reaction Essay to Art Spiegleman's Maus by: Nicole Page

c that portrays a survivors tale of the Holocaust. Although Vladek's story told in Art Speigelman's Maus is similar to many survivor stories of the Holocaust, it is portrayed in such a different and i ... k format helps to make this work a tremendous success, both historically and culturally. What makes Maus so interesting compared to traditional oral history or story book format is that in this pictor ...

(6 pages) 76 0 3.0 May/2005

Subjects: History Term Papers

Maus

no choice but to acknowledge greatness in these fields. Art Spiegelman's prize winning comic book, Maus, is a prime example of such an influential work. Although film and comic books are closely rela ... s are closely related forms of media due to their blending of words and images, the film version of Maus would surely not stand up to the comic version. Maus was created in its artistic entirety by Sp ...

(5 pages) 29 0 5.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Art Essays > Film & TV Studies

Maus : What enables Vladek and Art to survive?

Survival is one of the Main themes in Maus, not just the obvious survival of Vladek in the Camps, but Arts Less obvious survival of his fa ...

(1 pages) 21 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: History Term Papers > World History > World War II

The Significance of Masks in Art Speigleman's "Maus"

t oneself, and to block out the outside world. Many of these examples are shown in Art Speigelman's Maus.During Maus, the illustration of masks is made very obvious. The features are pronounced and it ... ly represent certain feelings of the characters many times throughout the story of Art Speigelman's Maus.Animal masks are used in Maus to show characters disguising themselves to protect against threa ...

(5 pages) 49 0 0.0 Feb/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > World Literature

CLAUS: O FLAGELO

onente de sangue. O famoso e amedrontador "Voltemos às compras!!!".O FLAGELOClaus passou por maus bocados... Durante infindáveis 5 anos, teve o seu nome "agarrado" aos famosos SPC e SERA ... onente de sangue. O famoso e amedrontador "Voltemos às compras!!!".O FLAGELOClaus passou por maus bocados... Durante infindáveis 5 anos, teve o seu nome "agarrado" aos famosos SPC e SERA ...

(10 pages) 33 1 1.5 Dec/2008

Subjects: Literature Research Papers > Creative Writing

Sturken's Tangled Memories vs. Spiegelman's Maus

Personal and Intergenerational Memories in Maus and Tangled MemoriesMemory, as Marita Sturken's Tangled Memories suggests, is an important face ... Sturken 3). These types of memories are very prevalent in literary works, such as the graphic novel Maus by Art Spiegelman. Maus serves as a vehicle to artistically portray the Holocaust and the conse ... memory from one generation to the next as seen in the case of Vladek and Art.The generation gap in Maus is important to note as it exists as a great indicator of the differences between the character ...

(4 pages) 0 0 0.0 Feb/2013

Subjects: Literature Research Papers