We learned about appeals to time in Abigail Adam's letters to her husband John, but I thought it was interesting to look at appeal to time in Persepolis. Persepolis offers a great example of rhetoric of forward motion.
Rhetoric of forward motion is defined as "the motion of time, the movement from birth to maturity". This accurately describes Satrapi's novel. Satrapi uses the rhetoric of forward motion to advance her characters. The novel shows young Marji move from being a very young girl to being an adolescent. The whole of the piece is a transition of Marji's understanding of the world and it advances extremely well through the use of frames. It clearly shows the movement of time.
I think that you have a really good point. The novel definitely show's a change in maturity with Marji and the other characters. I think that it also shows the movement of time in regards to the country and culture as a whole as well. It show's the changes in the culture and of the Iranian people as a whole throughout the country's revolution.
ReplyDeleteI agree with you that Persepolis definitely illustrates the progression of time in relation to Marjane, the narrator and author. It is actually an example of a bildungsroman because Marjane's character matures more and more as the graphic novel progresses. The story begins by portraying her life as a child and depicting the events she was force to face and then as she becomes to be older her life alters and she takes on more responsibility. The reader is able to notice this by her desire to take on more control and make a change for her family and country. This is why the rhetoric of forward motion is portrayed because time is constantly moving forward and developing the characters throughout the different parts of the book.
ReplyDelete