Abstract
This study explores the reincarnation of Great Expectation (1861) through graphicnovel. Aim of this study is to analyze that how a work of traditional literature influenced by Postmodern paradigm transforms into Great Expectations: The GraphicNovel (2009) by Green, claimed to be a twenty-first century literary version of Great Expectations (1861) by Dickens, yet gain people’s interest more than before. The study has focused the reincarnation though elements of graphicnovel such as; characters, panels, gutters, thought balloon, images, layout as tools of Narrative Analysis (2014) by Neuman under the theoretical angle of postmodern Pastiche (1991) by Jameson. This study has evaluated postmodernnotion of graphicnovel as one of the contemporary forms of literature. Instead of traditional narrative form contemporary novel is composed of pictures andwords which have made it more comprehensible and attractive. The study concludes that although reincarnation of novel has made it more interesting yet the essence of narration is same, whether it is Victorian literature or postmodernliterature the human factor remains the same though technique of narrative gets innovative and unique. Apart from the analysis of graphicelements themes of the novel are also analyzed that has proved the mentioned research questions.
Hassina Rizvi, Saba Zaidi. (2020) A Postmodernist Reincarnation of Great Expectationsas a GraphicNovel, The ELF Annual Research Journal, Volume 22, Issue 1.
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