The article analyses several intersemiotic translations of Old Norse sagas into comics. Particular attention is paid to popular Italian comics, from the period after World War II to the 21th Century. The article shows how both popularized academic knowledge and inherited popular ideas about the “savage North” contribute to creating the fictional world of Italian comics.
Sagas as Sequential Art: Some Reflections on the Translation of Saga Literature into Comics
Ferrari, Fulvio
2016-01-01
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The article analyses several intersemiotic translations of Old Norse sagas into comics. Particular attention is paid to popular Italian comics, from the period after World War II to the 21th Century. The article shows how both popularized academic knowledge and inherited popular ideas about the “savage North” contribute to creating the fictional world of Italian comics.File in questo prodotto:
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