http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/keyword/novel Inquiries Journal provides undergraduate and graduate students around the world a platform for the wide dissemination of academic work over a range of core disciplines. en-us Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:35:35 -0400 Sun, 19 Apr 2026 05:35:35 -0400 http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1875/the-graphic-novel-as-argument-visual-representation-strategy-in-kyle-bakers-nat-turner By Jacqueline Rodriguez - Traditional slave narratives follow a set of conventions that helped abolitionists recognize them as factual and trustworthy stories. Previously enslaved authors subverted those conventions to take control of their narratives and expose white abolitionists’ selfish motivations. In Kyle Baker’s graphic novel retelling of Nat Turner’s life story, free from the conventions of those traditional narratives, the reader is provided a new perspective on Turner’s story with an emphasis on reader participation. His graphic narrative prioritizes the black story without a white person... Thu, 11 Feb 2021 11:41 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1875/the-graphic-novel-as-argument-visual-representation-strategy-in-kyle-bakers-nat-turner http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1038/interactive-graphic-novels-a-hybrid-advertising-technique By Mike Ayer - As web-based technologies continue to advance, marketers and advertisers are pairing up traditional advertising with new web-based techniques to create innovative ways to communicate messages. This study analyzed Interactive Graphic Novels (IGNs)-- animated, graphically illustrated or hybrid real life animation stories typically in video game format in which users are given some level of interaction with events or control over the outcome of a story. This study sought to find out if IGNs were an effective tactic for marketers and advertisers to use today. This study found that IGNs are an effective... Sun, 30 Nov 2014 12:00 EST http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/1038/interactive-graphic-novels-a-hybrid-advertising-technique http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/907/graphic-novels-preparing-for-a-mulitmodal-and-multiliterate-world By Katherine F. Rycroft - Graphic novels have become increasingly popular in the classroom as a means to engage English language learners (ELL) in new ways (Christensen, 2007). The accessible and diverse content of graphic novels can inspire critical discussions by encouraging students to become ‘agents’ of their own meaning-making experience (Boatright, 2010). Using both text and sequential art to tell what are often serious, non-fiction narratives, many graphic novels use intelligence and humour to explore sensitive issues of race, social justice, global conflict and war (Christensen, 2007). The wide range... Tue, 05 Aug 2014 06:17 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/907/graphic-novels-preparing-for-a-mulitmodal-and-multiliterate-world http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/565/ronan-bennetts-the-catastrophist-paralleling-ireland-and-congo By Rachel E. Wallaace - In The Catastrophist, Ronan Bennett draws on events in Ireland to frame the political situation in the Congo and depicts political parallels between the two countries. Simultaneously he uses the reporting of these events to attack the “culture of aloofness based on middle class complacency,” as he criticises the revisionist style of historical writing which adopted a detached, non-committal approach to ‘The Troubles’ in Northern Ireland (Bennett 1994: 55). Moreover, Bennett also refers to the situation in Ireland to accentuate an overall theme of disconnection and division... Fri, 26 Aug 2011 08:05 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/565/ronan-bennetts-the-catastrophist-paralleling-ireland-and-congo http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/225/high-fidelity-comparing-novel-and-film By Tori E. Godfree - Since soon after the invention of sound films, directors have been turning popular—and sometimes not so popular—books into motion pictures.  Many a critique, either positive or negative, has been written about the editorializing done and the amount of creative license taken during the transition of these stories from print to the big-screen.  Certainly audience members will argue as to the quality of one of these forms versus the other, or whether there might be a better actor for some role than the particular one chosen by the Hollywood powers that be, or if the soundtrack... Wed, 07 Apr 2010 11:30 EDT http://www.inquiriesjournal.com/articles/225/high-fidelity-comparing-novel-and-film