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SUMMARY:Zoom in to the Emotional Life of Manga - Yi-shan Tsai\, Faculty of
  Education
DTSTART:20140611T120000Z
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CONTACT:Lingling Xu
DESCRIPTION:Manga (Japanese comic books)\, known as a cultural ambassador 
 of Japan\, has formed a new popular culture in Western countries over the 
 last few decades. In seeing this particular cultural phenomenon and to ans
 wer Meek’s (1992) call for the public’s attention to hear children tal
 k about their reading so as to understand their literary competence and th
 e attraction of certain texts to them\, I conducted a case study to explor
 e 16 British teenage readers’ responses to manga. In this paper\, I will
  set out to discuss the employment of cinematic techniques in manga\, with
  a special focus on close-up shots. I will argue that extreme close shots 
 are one of the distinct features of manga. They present characters’ emot
 ional life and are intended to draw readers’ emotional responses. Moreov
 er\, they play a key role in building up tension by drawing readers’ att
 ention to the unperceivable space outside the panel frame.
LOCATION:Room 2S3\, Donald McIntyre Building\, Faculty of Education\, 184 
 Hills Road\, Cambridge CB2 8PQ
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