Review article
Maurović's Analysis of Some Croatian Writers' Novels (Zlatarovo zlato, Čuvaj se senjske ruke and Grička vještica)
Tea Sabol
; Agency for Mobility and EU Programmes, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
This work is based on a contextual analysis of three comic books written by Andrija Maurović which he founded on three novels – Zlatarovo zlato and Čuvaj se senjske ruke by August Šenoa and Grička vještica by Marija Jurić Zagorka – having also compared them with the three originals. The works, comic book adaptations of Croatian novels, are a good example of comic book drawing techniques which combine a classic tradition with a somewhat modern twist. Maurović followed the literary template of the Zlatarovo zlato novel very closely having made a few changes necessary for a transformation to a comic book format. These changes can be summed up to plot compression, essential for comic books based on existing templates, and focusing on certain parts of the plot. Historical and political components of the plot are mentioned rather superficially making way for the emphasis on the romantic and adventurous side of the plot. Grička vještica and Čuvaj se senjske ruke comic books are somewhat longer with remarkable scripts. After a thorough analysis, one can firmly conclude that neither of these comic books lost any substantiality of their novel counterparts. Zlatarovo zlato can be categorized as a romantic comic book, Grička vještica and Čuvaj se senjske ruke as adventurous, with all three falling in the historical category. Rising actions of all three works are based on contrasts which is a usual romantic discourse norm.
Keywords
Andrija Maurović; Čuvaj se senjske ruke; Grička vještica; comic book; comic book hero; Zlatarovo zlato
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254005
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Publication date:
1.3.2021.
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