History of Magic: Term XXVI, Activity 08 History Rec

[caitieness.livejournal.com]

Activity: History Rec
Points: 10 points participation
Deadline: Thursday August 29 at 11pm UTC (7pm EDT)
Details: Recommend a novel / short story / biography that relates to history in some way! This can be historical fiction, medieval fantasy or even nonfiction. Include Title, Author, and a brief summary. Use the textbox provided to submit & sign with your name and house (or a sigtag) for points!

<B>Title/Author</b>: <B>Historical Time Period:</b> (can be specific like 1900 or general like medieval England) <B>Brief summary:</b> name/house/sigtag

Don't forget to sign the roster to receive bonus points!
 

Comments

[passerine.livejournal.com]

Title/Author: Maus by Art Spiegelman
Historical Time Period: World War II
Brief summary:
Maus is a graphic novel (the first ever graphic novel to win a Pulitzer prize) that tells the story of Spiegelman's father's experiences before, during, and after his time in the concentration camps in Poland during WWII. It's a haunting story, depicting the characters as animals (Jews as mice, Germans as cats, etc) and showing the guilt and other complex emotions felt by survivors of trauma and torture. It really goes into the senior Spiegelman's life after surviving the Holocaust, and his damaged relationship with his cartoonist son.

Julia // Slytherin

[meredith44]

This was the first graphic novel I read (I read it for one of my library school classes) and it was amazing. I hadn't realized how affecting graphic novels versus novels could be before that.

Meredith // Hufflepuff

[passerine.livejournal.com]

I love what you can get from a graphic novel that you can't get from a regular novel (or a movie for that matter). This one's a great example of that.

[meredith44]

Before that, my only experience had been comic books in the '80's, which weren't really my thing. After that I read a few more graphic novels (like Perseopolis), and now I am in the process of reading a bunch of comic books. If the art is done well and the art and the text work well together, it can really add another interesting layer to the story.

[passerine.livejournal.com]

I started off with Archie comics, lol.

[passerine.livejournal.com]

The animal choices were TERRIFIC!