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- Title
GRAPHIC NOVELS AND TRADITIONAL ART FORMS: THE INDIAN CONTEXT.
- Authors
ROHILA, BHANUPRIYA
- Abstract
The visual language of graphic novels is increasingly becoming a powerful tool of expression. Originally known as the comic books, contemporary graphic novels are being acknowledged as a potential medium for handling serious issues. Recently, a great changeover in the thematic concerns and the art style of Indian Graphic Novels has been witnessed. This hybrid medium of text and image is addressing to the sensitive issues and questions of the contemporary modern society and also establishing a cultural identity through its artistic (visual) expression. The conventional style of comic sketching and caricaturing on paper is being replaced by the traditional art forms from different cultures and regions of India. This shift has brought about a change in the perspectives or the ways of 'seeing' both Indian Graphic Novels and Indian visual art forms. The paper purports to establish a connection between these two with a proposition that the graphic novels are a potential mode of preserving the traditional art forms of India and helping them gain recognition globally so that the Indian Graphic Novel can also create a distinguished identity in verbalvisual literature like that of Japanese Manga. The paper is an endeavour to examine how traditional art forms are being contextualized in contemporary times and how they are effectively registering the resistance against the stereotype and the negligence especially of women and Dalits in the Indian society itself.
- Subjects
INDIA; GRAPHIC novels; INDIAN women (Asians); MANGA (Art); COMIC books, strips, etc.; JAPANESE literature; ART; STEREOTYPES
- Publication
Indialogs, Spanish Journal of India Studies, 2023, Vol 10, p11
- ISSN
2339-8523
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.5565/rev/indialogs.218