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Project

Conjuring Phantoms: A Comparative Study of Trauma in Comics
Code
3E000214
Duration
01 October 2014 → 30 September 2020
Funding
Regional and community funding: Special Research Fund, Research Foundation - Flanders (FWO)
Promotor
Research disciplines
  • Humanities
    • Language studies
    • Literary studies
    • Theory and methodology of language studies
    • Theory and methodology of linguistics
    • Theory and methodology of literary studies
    • Other languages and literary studies
Keywords
Comics cultural studies trauma
 
Project description

This project aims to analyze representations of individual and collective trauma in comics through a comparative, cross-cultural study. Theories of the implications of comics styles and their interaction with other media are combined with studies on the representation of trauma in private and collective contexts for bringing out the distinctive ways in which comics convey trauma and foster engagement.