Drawing in the Reader
Drawing in the Reader
This chapter intends to identify ways that graphic memoirs attempt to “draw in” their readers, both in the sense of engaging their interest and emotional involvement, and in the more literal sense of including them in the story by suggesting a particular position or attitude for them to adopt. The network of more or less explicit textual structures, which invite readers to respond in a particular way and which thus anticipate “the presence of a recipient without necessarily defining him,” are sometimes described as the “implied reader” of a text. A story thus creates the illusion of a private communication between the author and the reader.
Keywords: graphic memoirs, interest, emotional involvement, explicit textual structures, implied reader
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