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Zwetsloot, Jacco (2015)

North Korean Comics and their Visual Language in the Work of Ch’oe Hyŏk

Master thesis | Asian Studies (120 EC) (MA)
This thesis makes an attempt to define North Korean comic books and situate them in the context of North Korean cultural production. Then, using the visual language of comics theory developed by Neil Cohn, the dialect of visual language used by Ch'oe Hyŏk is analysed and identified by looking at the graphic structure, morphology and narrative grammar. Drawing on Cohn's data, some comparisons are made with the attentional panel categories and filmic shot types of American and Japanese visual language. Based on this, there is an extrapolation as to possible influences on the comics work of Ch'oe Hyŏk.
North Korean
comic books
DPRK
graphic novels
visual language of comics
kŭrimch'aek
Author
Zwetsloot, Jacco
Note
Pictures from the works cited are found in the 3 appendix files.
Faculty
Faculty of Humanities
Specialisation
Korean Studies
Supervisors
Ceuster, Koen de
ECTS Credits
15
Language
en