Maria Anwar M. Phil Literature – 2nd Presentataion on “Persepolis as a postmodern fiction” What makes Persepolis a Postmodern Fiction? A mix of High art and popular culture: Marjane Satrapi’s ’’Persepolis’’ is the latest and one of the most palatable examples of a postmodern genre‚ an autobiographical novel in form of a comic-book which tells the history of Iran from Marjane’s point of view. Persepolis is a postmodern graphic novel that blurs the boundaries between popular culture and high art
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In Persepolis‚ a memoir by Marjane Satrapi’s‚ she recounts her younger years growing up in the Islamic Revolution. Satrapi recounts for several memoirs that include massacres‚ wearing a veil‚ and the new rules of the Islamic church. Satrapi memories show her first account perspective and personal events as a child. In Persepolis‚ Satrapi depicts a beneficial memoir by showing her childhood events by illustrations viewing the growth through the Islamic Revolution in a childlike approach. At the beginning
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the revolution. She grew up in a very liberal home. Both parents were very intellectual. Her mother was forced to marry‚ therefore could not attend college and her father was a deputy minister working under the popular government of Prime Mister Mohammad Mossadegh. She grew up in a special household where her parents did not treat her or her brother different. They met their attention‚ affection‚ and discipline equally. She was raised thinking this was a perfectly normal environment when in reality
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quite clear. Mosaddeq came to power in 1951 and almost instantly made his nationalist ideologies publicly known by calling for the expropriation of Iran’s oil fields. This understandably raised quite a few eyebrows‚ including that of the Shah Mohammed Reza Pahlevi‚ who was a strong western enthusiast and ally. With the help of the American Central Intelligence Agency and British Intelligence sources‚ covert operations
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Introduction The graphic novel Persepolis is a two-part series by author Marjane Satrapi that consists of Persepolis: The Story of a Childhood and Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return. The graphic novels carry the reader through Satrapi’s life as a child in Iran‚ her migration to Austria to get away from the war and its effects‚ and back to the war-torn country of Iran when Satrapi has matured into a lady. The novels aim to highlight the author’s experiences she faces both in her childhood and her
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Iran Hostage Crisis In the early morning of November 4‚ 1979 an angry mob of Islamic revolutionaries overran the US Embassy in Tehran‚ “the group called themselves the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam’s Line” (History‚ Unknown). The Iran Hostage Crisis was also known as “Conquest of the American Spy Den” which is the literal translation from Persian to English (Lee). From November 4‚ 1979 to January 20‚ 1981 52 Americans were held hostage for 444 days in various locations around Iran to make
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fate of the women and the fate of the Motherland [Iran] are intertwined‚” she said. “Women Without Men” tells the story of four Iranian women‚ set against the backdrop of the Mosaddegh protests and Britain’s denouncement of the Prime Minister’s (Mohammad Mosaddegh) government. Mosaddegh‚ despite being politically progressive and appointed in a legitimate fashion as the first democratically elected Prime Minister of Iran‚ was removed from power after a coup orchestrated by the CIA and British intelligence
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government was. The causes for the revolution include the country’s discontent with the Shah’s rule‚ the exile of Ayatollah Khomeini‚ and social injustice. The people used demonstrations‚ strikes‚ and civil resistance as methods to overthrow the Pahlavi dynasty. The
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On the night of Tuesday September 19th‚ 2006 the Royal Thai Army staged a coup d’état against the elected government of Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra that eventually led to the over throw and replacement of Shinawatra and the Thai Rak Thai (TRT) party. There are many reasons as to why the 2006 Thai coup d’état was staged against Prime Minister Thaksin Shinawatra and his caretaker government and a lot of it had to do with the political crisis of 2005 and early 2006‚ the planning/timing of the
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Persepolis and Courage Marjane Satrapi’s memoir Persepolis is considered a “coming of age” story based on her experiences growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution. This graphic novel explores the life she lead in Tehran which encompassed the overthrow of the Shah’s regime‚ the triumph of the Islamic Revolution and the devastating effects of war with Iraq. Undergoing life with such a chaotic environment‚ it took Satrapi courage to act and live as her “authentic self” and explore what it
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