Month: April 2022
Protected: (S) PAR – April 2022 (1)
Persepolis Learner Portfolio
In the second unit in our second semester of Language & Literature, we broadened our knowledge of the themes of feminism and war through reading the graphic memoir, Persepolis, written by Marjane Satrapi. Similarly to the previous units that we had gone through, it follows the theme of feminism and how different women are able to handle the societal expectations of them, and how they are able to push their boundaries, setting a new standard for society to view and respect women. However, in Persepolis, it also gives a whole different perspective compared to the different excerpts that we learned about, as it tells the story of how Marjane grew up in Iran, the struggled that she had faced, and major events that had developed her to who she is now.
Throughout the unit, we had to read Persepolis and analyze different parts of the graphic novel, identifying which parts are able to show the themes of youth, women, domestic space, class, war/national strife, and the self. We jotted down our notes in a reading journal, as well as connected each themes to how Satrapi had illustrated it, what graphic novel technique she had used, and what literary techniques it relates to. This was important in the unit as it helped us gain a greater understanding about different themes and ideas that Satrapi intended to share to the readers, and it also helped us to familiarize with graphic novel techniques and literary devices, which is important for our summative paper 1.
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Open in new tab Another assignment that we worked on was analyzing specific panels that we had chosen. In this assignment, we were assigned into groups, and we specifically had to choose panels from pages 1 to 40. We also related the panels that we had chosen to one of the themes, similarly to the reading journal. We analyzed how Satrapi portrayed the specific theme into the panels, and what graphic novel techniques she had used to present her ideas better. After the analysis paragraph, we connected the panels that we had chosen to one of our previous units. I connected my analysis to a Liza Donnelly cartoon as they both present similar ideas, in different forms of illustration.
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As our summative for this unit was a paper 1 essay, we practiced analyzing a series of panel towards the end of the unit. We distributed our ideas by brainstorming, introduction, and body paragraph 1 to 3. These consist of the different points that we have to include into our paper 1 essays, other than the conclusion of the essay. In the different body paragraphs we needed to analyze graphic novel techniques and literary devices, while making sure to connect our analyses to the guiding question given.
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