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<article xmlns:mml="http://www.w3.org/1998/Math/MathML" xmlns:xlink="http://www.w3.org/1999/xlink" xmlns:xsi="http://www.w3.org/2001/XMLSchema-instance" xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/" article-type="research-article" dtd-version="1.2" xml:lang="en"><front><journal-meta><journal-id journal-id-type="publisher-id">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-id><journal-title-group><journal-title xml:lang="en">RUDN Journal of Studies in Literature and Journalism</journal-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Вестник Российского университета дружбы народов. Серия: Литературоведение. Журналистика</trans-title></trans-title-group></journal-title-group><issn publication-format="print">2312-9220</issn><issn publication-format="electronic">2312-9247</issn><publisher><publisher-name xml:lang="en">Peoples’ Friendship University of Russia named after Patrice Lumumba (RUDN University)</publisher-name></publisher></journal-meta><article-meta><article-id pub-id-type="publisher-id">25456</article-id><article-id pub-id-type="doi">10.22363/2312-9220-2020-25-4-714-723</article-id><article-categories><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="en"><subject>LITERARY CRITICISM</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="toc-heading" xml:lang="ru"><subject>Литературоведение</subject></subj-group><subj-group subj-group-type="article-type"><subject>Research Article</subject></subj-group></article-categories><title-group><article-title xml:lang="en">Locating reality through visual narratives: Marjane Sartapi’s surfacing in “Persepolis”</article-title><trans-title-group xml:lang="ru"><trans-title>Обнаружение реальности в повести М. Сартапи «Персеполис»</trans-title></trans-title-group></title-group><contrib-group><contrib contrib-type="author"><name-alternatives><name xml:lang="en"><surname>Gupta</surname><given-names>Preeti</given-names></name><name xml:lang="ru"><surname>Гупта</surname><given-names>Прити</given-names></name></name-alternatives><bio xml:lang="en"><p>Assistant Professor</p></bio><bio xml:lang="ru"><p>доцент</p></bio><email>preetijain27@gmail.com</email><xref ref-type="aff" rid="aff1"/></contrib></contrib-group><aff-alternatives id="aff1"><aff><institution xml:lang="en">Ramaiah College of Arts, Science and Commerce</institution></aff><aff><institution xml:lang="ru">Колледж искусств, науки и торговли М.С. Рамая</institution></aff></aff-alternatives><pub-date date-type="pub" iso-8601-date="2020-12-15" publication-format="electronic"><day>15</day><month>12</month><year>2020</year></pub-date><volume>25</volume><issue>4</issue><issue-title xml:lang="en">VOL 25, NO4 (2020)</issue-title><issue-title xml:lang="ru">ТОМ 25, №4 (2020)</issue-title><fpage>714</fpage><lpage>723</lpage><history><date date-type="received" iso-8601-date="2021-01-13"><day>13</day><month>01</month><year>2021</year></date></history><permissions><copyright-statement xml:lang="en">Copyright ©; 2020, Gupta P.</copyright-statement><copyright-statement xml:lang="ru">Copyright ©; 2020, Гупта П.</copyright-statement><copyright-year>2020</copyright-year><copyright-holder xml:lang="en">Gupta P.</copyright-holder><copyright-holder xml:lang="ru">Гупта П.</copyright-holder><ali:free_to_read xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/"/><license><ali:license_ref xmlns:ali="http://www.niso.org/schemas/ali/1.0/">http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0</ali:license_ref></license></permissions><self-uri xlink:href="https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/25456">https://journals.rudn.ru/literary-criticism/article/view/25456</self-uri><abstract xml:lang="en"><p>The innovative way of telling stories by using visuals with a motive of imparting a message to an audience has influenced several writings. The use of visual narratives turns out to be a profound technique of illustrating stories that has existed and continues to exist event today. From oral narratives to visual ones the art of storytelling has always been efficacious and more absorbing. Impressing upon what, how, where, and in what manner the event took place through graphics is fascinating. There is substantial writing that primarily deals with research on visual stories. One such is Marjane Sartapi’s “Persepolis” told through the eyes of a young girl, and this unique perspective of graphic narration offers distinctive insight into the perseverance to retain one's identity in tumultuous times. Nations and homelands play an important part in one’s identity formation. Associating oneself to national sentiments and signs, individuals feel themselves part of the nation. However, identity becomes problematic for those in diaspora. This research paper intends to look at Majane Sartapi’s “Persepolis” as an attempt of the author to surface through many of her inner-outer conflicts. The paper shall trace her journey of self-approval from Iran to Vienna and finally to France. The trauma and the identity crisis she faces during her childhood in Iran and later in Vienna is an experience which she decides to narrate using animated comic images. The use of visual narrative form has helped her convey the trauma and pain she long carried. Finding a homeland and an identity became challenging.</p></abstract><trans-abstract xml:lang="ru"><p>В статье раскрывается новаторский способ рассказывания истории жизни с помощью визуальных эффектов с целью передачи сообщения читательской аудитории. Использование визуальных нарративов оказывается продуктивной техникой иллюстрирования историй, имевшей место как ранее, так и в наши дни. Запечатление с помощью графики того, что, как, где и каким образом произошло, завораживает читателя. Значительный объем литературы посвящен исследованию визуальных историй. Одним из интересных примеров применения графического нарратива является роман «Персеполис» Марджаны Сартапи, где история рассказана устами молодой девушки, а уникальная перспектива графического повествования предлагает особое понимание главной идеи - той настойчивости, с какою личность стремится сохранить свою идентичность в бурные исторические времена. Нация и Родина здесь играют важную роль в формировании личности человека. Ассоциируя себя с национальными чувствами и знаками, люди ощущают себя частью нации. Поиск идентичности становится еще более проблематичным для тех, кто находится в диаспоре. В рамках исследования роман «Персеполис» Маджане Сартапи рассматривается как попытка автора решить многие из внутренних и внешних конфликтов. В статье прослеживается путь самоутверждения героини от Ирана до Вены и, наконец, до Франции. Травма и кризис идентичности, с которыми она столкнулась в детстве в Иране, а затем в Вене, - это опыт, который она решает рассказать, используя анимированные комические образы.</p></trans-abstract><kwd-group xml:lang="en"><kwd>visual narration</kwd><kwd>identity crisis</kwd><kwd>veil</kwd><kwd>diaspora</kwd></kwd-group><kwd-group xml:lang="ru"><kwd>визуальный нарратив</kwd><kwd>кризис идентичности</kwd><kwd>платок</kwd><kwd>диаспора</kwd></kwd-group><funding-group/></article-meta></front><body></body><back><ref-list><ref id="B1"><label>1.</label><mixed-citation>McCloud, S. (1994). Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art. New York, Harper Perennial.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B2"><label>2.</label><mixed-citation>Davis, R.G. (2005, December). A Graphic Self: Comics as Autobiography in Marjane Satrapi’s Persepolis. Prose Studies, 27(3), 264-279.</mixed-citation></ref><ref id="B3"><label>3.</label><mixed-citation>Iran Chamber Society. (n.d.). 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