Volume III Issue IV October-December 2023

Name of Author : Ponnu Liz Malieckal

Title of the paper : Breaking Boundaries: A Graphical Analysis of Drawing the Line: Indian Women Fight Back (2015)

Abstract: In the last few years, there has been a surge in the number of graphic novels produced, especially in India. With the acceptance and acknowledgment of the graphic novel as a respectful art form, the subject matter has started moving from mythology and war to more intimate stories that delve into the mental psyche of the characters. The contemporary graphic novels often use a testimonial voice in an attempt to understand the causes and effects of individual trauma and collective suffering. Graphic novels of trauma combine visual images and written texts to portray the complexities of trauma, which are not always representable in written form alone. Drawing the Line Indian Women Fight Back 2015 is a collection of visual stories representing the gender based violence experienced by fourteen young women. This feminist visual art was written after the gang rape of a student in Delhi in December 2012. This paper interrogates the different ways in which pain, wounds, suffering and trauma of female characters have been visually represented in the graphic narrative Drawing the Line Indian Women Fight Back 2015.

Keywords : Historical fiction, Breaking Boundaries, Graphical Analysis

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Page No. : 43-45