Graphic Narrative (excerpt): Satrapi, Persepolis
GRAPHIC NARRATIVE (EXCERPT)
GRAPHIC NARRATIVE (EXCERPT)
In Persepolis (2003), Marjane Satrapi uses the medium of the graphic novel to narrate the story of her girlhood in Iran. As she grew up, she witnessed the overthrow of the shah and the Islamic Revolution, and the subsequent war with Iraq. The selection on the following pages describes life under the shah.
Reading the Genre
Describe the specific devices Satrapi uses to tell her story and portray characters. What features does Persepolis share with prose narratives? With movies or documentaries?
Excerpt(s) from Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood by Marjane Satrapi, translation copyright
© 2003 by L’Association, Paris, France. Used by permission of Pantheon Books, an imprint of the Knopf Doubleday Publishing Group, a division of Random House, LLC. All rights reserved.