The Clear Line in Comics and Cinema: A Transmedial Approach

Historical and theoretical analysis of the "clear line" style in comics and cinemaThe "clear line", a term...
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Author: David Pinho Barros
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Language: English
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The Clear Line in Comics and Cinema: A Transmedial Approach by Pinho Barros, David

The Clear Line in Comics and Cinema: A Transmedial Approach

CHF 154.25

The Clear Line in Comics and Cinema: A Transmedial Approach

CHF 154.25
Author: David Pinho Barros
Format: Paperback
Language: English

Historical and theoretical analysis of the "clear line" style in comics and cinema

The "clear line", a term coined in 1977 by Dutch essayist and artist Joost Swarte, has become shorthand in the field of comics studies for the style originally developed by Hergé and the École de Bruxelles. It refers to certain storytelling strategies that generate a deceptively simple, lucid, and hygienic narration: in Philippe Marion's words, it is a style "made out of light, fluidity and limpid clarity".

By cataloguing and critically analysing clear line comics from historical and theoretical perspectives, this book offers a new outlook on the development of the style in the 20th and 21st centuries, especially focused on the context of the European bande dessinée. In addition, it pioneeringly expands the concept of "clear line" to other artistic domains by introducing and defending its transmedial use, which is particularly relevant for the understanding of the oeuvres of certain filmmakers of the 20th century working in the postwar period, such as Yasujirô Ozu in Japan, Jacques Tati in France and Frank Tashlin in the United States. The Clear Line in Comics and Cinema is therefore a key theoretical work for both bande dessinée enthusiasts and comics scholars, as well as a fundamental contribution to present-day film studies and transmedial narratology.



Author: David Pinho Barros
Publisher: Leuven University Press
Published: 07/15/2022
Pages: 270
Binding Type: Paperback
Weight: 1.35lbs
Size: 8.98h x 6.69w x 0.71d
ISBN: 9789462703209

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