Reading To Kill a Mockingbird two generations later: the graphic novel

To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, long considered an American classic and one of the most beloved books for adolescents, has raised much controversy since its publication in 1960. Its adaptation as a graphic novel by Fordham and Lee offers a reinterpretation of the story. It highlights the racial...

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Published in:Journal of graphic novels & comics 2023-11, Vol.14 (6), p.907-920
Main Author: Machała, Katarzyna
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
adaptation
Adaptations
American literature
Entrapment
freedom
Freedoms
Graphic novels
isolation
Lee, Harper
marginalisation
Social exclusion
Social isolation
social roles
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Summary:To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee, long considered an American classic and one of the most beloved books for adolescents, has raised much controversy since its publication in 1960. Its adaptation as a graphic novel by Fordham and Lee offers a reinterpretation of the story. It highlights the racial tensions and social inequality, and it shows the consequences of isolation and marginalisation of characters along the lines of race, gender and class, but it does so through the lens of entrapment. These motifs are shown in the panel structure, the choice of colours and the framing of individual panels. The refreshed version better fits the changed sociopolitical circumstances and it better reflects the expectations of a new generation of readers, reaching for the story over sixty years later.
ISSN:2150-4857
2150-4865
DOI:10.1080/21504857.2023.2218487