Visualization of literary knowledge and the iComic turn: Towards a graphic history of Modern Greek literature

Abstract

Abstract This article focuses on the visual representations of literary knowledge and the combination of visualized information with a didactical scope. It begins with a theoretical overview of current terms, such as visual, new (and multimodal) literacies, graphic and educational comics and visual adaptations of literary classics. Furthermore, the essay proposes the term iComic turn as a new term for the recent blooming of editions of graphic literary adaptations. The article subsequently focuses on examples of how comics could be integrated in the classroom presenting some draft sketches of A Graphic History of Modern Greek Literature.