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Reading the distance : decoding the autobio(graphic) novel, Portrait in pieces
Thesis (MPhil (Visual Arts. Illustration))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009.
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2009
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| author | Gauche, Catherine |
| author2 | Costandius, Elmarie |
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| description | Thesis (MPhil (Visual Arts. Illustration))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. |
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| spelling | oai:scholar.sun.ac.za:10019.1/1980 Reading the distance : decoding the autobio(graphic) novel, Portrait in pieces Gauche, Catherine Costandius, Elmarie Ballard, Sharon University of Stellenbosch. Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences. Dept. of Visual Arts. Dissertations -- Art Theses -- Art Dissertations -- Visual arts Theses -- Visual arts Dissertations -- Illustration Theses -- Illustration Autobiography Graphic novels -- History and criticism Portrait in pieces Thesis (MPhil (Visual Arts. Illustration))--University of Stellenbosch, 2009. The aim of this thesis is to decode my autobiographic graphic novel, Portrait in Pieces (a narrative of a mother / daughter relationship), utilising a genealogical mode of analysis. This takes place, firstly, through a discussion of the themes of photography, memory and repetition which occur in the graphic novel; secondly, through a consideration of the role of language and difference within a specific mother / daughter relationship; and thirdly, through the study of autobiography and the self as performative entities. In this thesis I interrogate the autobiographic genre in a manner that questions internalised notions of femininity and (patriarchal) cultural constructs, which precede and influence the performance of our ‘life scripts’. I posit Portrait in Pieces as a transitional object between my mother and myself, and language as a medium which can both Otherise and close the distance between us. Translation is the medium by which one reads this distance, turning miscommunication into communication, and misunderstanding into understanding. The illustrations and text constituting the graphic novel have been produced through creative play, representing the ‘post talking’ required for the process of healing, empathising, and taking ownership of one’s ‘life script’. Masters 2009-03-02T10:46:53Z 2010-06-01T08:38:00Z 2009-03-02T10:46:53Z 2010-06-01T08:38:00Z 2009-03 Thesis http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1980 en University of Stellenbosch application/pdf application/pdf Stellenbosch : University of Stellenbosch |
| spellingShingle | Dissertations -- Art Theses -- Art Dissertations -- Visual arts Theses -- Visual arts Dissertations -- Illustration Theses -- Illustration Autobiography Graphic novels -- History and criticism Portrait in pieces Gauche, Catherine Reading the distance : decoding the autobio(graphic) novel, Portrait in pieces |
| title | Reading the distance : decoding the autobio(graphic) novel, Portrait in pieces |
| title_full | Reading the distance : decoding the autobio(graphic) novel, Portrait in pieces |
| title_fullStr | Reading the distance : decoding the autobio(graphic) novel, Portrait in pieces |
| title_full_unstemmed | Reading the distance : decoding the autobio(graphic) novel, Portrait in pieces |
| title_short | Reading the distance : decoding the autobio(graphic) novel, Portrait in pieces |
| title_sort | reading the distance decoding the autobio graphic novel portrait in pieces |
| topic | Dissertations -- Art Theses -- Art Dissertations -- Visual arts Theses -- Visual arts Dissertations -- Illustration Theses -- Illustration Autobiography Graphic novels -- History and criticism Portrait in pieces |
| url | http://hdl.handle.net/10019.1/1980 |
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