Revision And The Superhero Genre (palgrave Studies In Comics And Graphic Novels)
by David Hyman /
2017 / English / PDF
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This book argues that superhero revision offers new perspectives
on the theory and practice of revision in broader contexts, in
particular composition studies. Key developments in the history
of superhero and composition revision reveal that both are deeply
embedded in questions of narrative temporality. The book looks at
three unorthodox revision strategies:
This book argues that superhero revision offers new perspectives
on the theory and practice of revision in broader contexts, in
particular composition studies. Key developments in the history
of superhero and composition revision reveal that both are deeply
embedded in questions of narrative temporality. The book looks at
three unorthodox revision strategies:sideshadowing
sideshadowing, in
which traditional tropes of superhero narratives are told with
“new” characters that clearly evoke traditional ones
, in
which traditional tropes of superhero narratives are told with
“new” characters that clearly evoke traditional ones;
excavation
;
excavation, the reintegration and reinterpretation of
elements and influences from earlier texts that have been
de-emphasized or written out of continuity; and
, the reintegration and reinterpretation of
elements and influences from earlier texts that have been
de-emphasized or written out of continuity; andhomodoxy
homodoxy,
the narrative coexistence of inconsistent elements culled from
different versions of a character’s textual history. The ensuing
cross-disciplinary exploration helps correct a distorted
stereotype of revision as a neutral mechanical process, revealing
it instead as a potent force operating across a spectrum that
ranges from restrictive adherence to orthodoxies, to radical
resistance against the primacy of tradition.
,
the narrative coexistence of inconsistent elements culled from
different versions of a character’s textual history. The ensuing
cross-disciplinary exploration helps correct a distorted
stereotype of revision as a neutral mechanical process, revealing
it instead as a potent force operating across a spectrum that
ranges from restrictive adherence to orthodoxies, to radical
resistance against the primacy of tradition.
