A sweet and simple epilogue by Pekar's widow, Joyce Brabner, provides the perfect capstone.” - Publishers Weekly “his posthumous work by Pekar functions as a multipronged exploration of religious, political, and personal histories and is all the richer for it. “This posthumous publication reflects the seminal graphic memoirist at his edgy best.” - Kirkus (starred review) General Literature Studies Identifiers URN: urn:nbn:se:uu:diva-414053 OAI: oai:DiVA.“ message here is important-that a good Jew asks tough questions, that a history of oppression requires us to be more conscious of the oppressed.” - David L. Serier, Tecknade serier, Israel, Palestina, Postkolonialism, Narratologi, Konflikt, Seriejournalistik, Edward Said, Joe Sacco, Harvey Pekar, Sarah Glidden, Guy Delisle National Category 91Ĭomics, Comics Journalism, Graphic Novels, Israel, Palestine, Conflict, Narratology, Postcolonialism, Edward Said, The Other, Joe Sacco, Harvey Pekar, Guy Delisle, Sarah Glidden, Conflict Place, publisher, year, edition, pages2020. In regards to the genre I discuss its relationship with traditional journalism and the school of “New Journalism”. Furthermore, I analyze the relationship between objectivity and subjectivity in the graphic novels which are often categorized as journalistic comics. It also has an ambition to expand the knowledge of the medium by analyzing comics in regard to stereotypes and simplification as well as the comic’s subversive strategies. This thesis aims to deepen the understanding of how the “Other” is depicted in the material.

Moreover, the theme of the conflict and concept of the “Other” and is further complicated in the graphic novels’ since the Israeli-Palestinian conflict is an ongoing and complex conflict. The making of the “Other” is complicated in graphic novels due to its complex use of time and narratology, where a multitude of perspectives and aspects of time can exist simultaneously.

I study the making of the “Other” in the graphic novels by analyzing the use of time in comics, as well as narratological aspects such as focalization. By comparing the graphic novels, I study the differences and similarities in regard to postcolonial aspects by applying the theoretical framework of Edward Said concerning the “Other” and the Orient. This thesis is a study of four graphic novels that depicts the Israeli-Palestinian conflict: Palestine (1993) by Joe Sacco, How to Get to Know Israel in 60 Days or Less (2011) by Sarah Glidden, Not the Israel My Parents Promised Me (2014) by Harvey Pekar and JT Waldman, and Jerusalem: Chronicles from the Holy City (2011) by Guy Delisle. 'I Will Alert the World to Your Suffering!' : A Postcolonial Study of four Graphic Novels that depicts the Israeli-Palestinian Conflict (Swedish)

Not the israel my parents promised me