DOI
https://doi.org/10.25772/58R8-PM43
Defense Date
2025
Document Type
Thesis
Degree Name
Master of Fine Arts
Department
Theatre
First Advisor
Jesse Njus
Abstract
Comics and theatre share several, often overlooked similarities, like their unique concept of the gaze, interpretation and execution of a script, and the curation of a distinct visual language. This makes comics a viable candidate for analysis using the field of performance studies and other theatrical forms of analysis. The process of comics and how they are read is discussed before a brief literature review of performance and comics studies scholarship. Two comics, one nonfiction and one fiction, are analyzed using the key concepts from the literature review.
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Is Part Of
VCU University Archives
Is Part Of
VCU Theses and Dissertations
Date of Submission
5-12-2025