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Frames and Mirrors in Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis: Relying on social science theories to elucidate Persepolis, Elahi makes a connection between Satrapi's desire to<br /> reframe Iranian and Western misrepresentations of Iran and the literal framing of the art panels in her graphic memoir, which often<br /> show Satrapi to be making use of mirroring techniques and double framing to suggest the divided identity of the protagonist.

Crossing Cultures/Crossing Genres: The Re-Invention of the Graphic Memoir in Persepolis and Persepolis 2: In this essay, Basu suggests that Satrapi's "Persepolis" books reinterpret the graphic novel--<br /> a narrative form traditionally used by Western men--to incorporate depictions of both women's and Iranian identities that are vastly<br /> different from other Iranian memoirs, thereby offering a catalyst for investigating differences between Eastern and Western<br /> ideologies.

Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis: Eluding the Frames. ) In analyzing Persepolis, Miller adopts the spatial theories of art historian and cultural theorist Griselda Pollock,<br /> exploring the operation of three spatial registers in the work: the specific geographic locations referenced, including the opposition<br /> between public and private space; the spatial arrangement of the artwork and various framing devices; and the psychic space<br /> occupied by Satrapi herself.

Occidentalism: Rewriting the West in Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis. Leservot considers Persepolis an important contribution to francophone postcolonial studies because it<br /> reveals the complexity of Iran's ideological construction of the West. According to Leservot, Satrapi shows Iranian Occidentalism to<br /> be composed of different versions, dependent upon one's political outlook after the Islamic Revolution, "more a product, ironically, of<br /> Fundamentalist Islam than ... of western neo-colonialism."

The experience of marginalisation in the process of discovering identity in Out of Place and Persepolis.

Perceiving Persepolis: Personal Narrative, Sense Memories and Visual Simplicity in Marjane Sartrapi's Animated Autobiography.

Graphic Novels combine literary texts with graphic illustrations to target a variety of readers.