Maus Terminology Quiz

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 4

Maus Chapter 1

Time for a quiz!

1. What do we call this?

1. speech bubble
2. emanata
3. voice over
4. gutter

2. What do we call the space between panels?

1. borderless panel
2. gutter
3. emanata
4. voice over

3. What do we call this kind of panel (a panel that spans the width of the page)?

1. borderless panel
2. splash
3. gutter
4. speech bubble

4. What do we call this?

1. emanata
2. gutter
3. splash
4. speech bubble

5. This is a kind of panel that spans the width of the page and runs off the page entirely.

1. splash
2. bleed
3. panel
4. gutter

6. Narrators have the possibility to speak directly to the reader. Usually this is done with a hard line separating the narrator’s speech at the top or bottom of a panel from the image within the panel.

1. gutter
2. speech bubble
3. voice-over
4. emanata

7. These are frames around the characters’ language, a kind of ‘direct speech’, where the characters speak for themselves.

1. gutter
2. speech bubble
3. voice-over
4. emanata

8. Speech bubble - These are frames around the characters’ language, a kind of ‘direct speech’, where the characters speak for themselves. If these appear as clouds,

1. they represent the character’s thoughts
2. the character is shouting.

9. Speech bubble - These are frames around the characters’ language, a kind of ‘direct speech’, where the characters speak for themselves. If they appear in jagged lines,

1. they represent the character’s thoughts
2. the character is shouting.

10. This term refers to the teardrops, sweat drops, question marks, or motion lines that artists draw besides characters’ faces to portray emotion.

1. gutter
2. speech bubble
3. voice-over
4. emanata

Chapter 1 - Questions

1. What has happened to Artie’s mother? 

2. How does Vladek get along with Mala, his second wife? What kind of things do they argue about? 

3. How long has it been since Artie last visited his father? What do you think is responsible for their separation? 

4. Describe Vladek’s relationship with Lucia Greenberg. How was he introduced to Anja Zylberberg? Why do you think he chose her over Lucia? 

Memoir

Characteristics:

 - Focuses on a short period of time or several related events in the author’s life (doesn't cover a great span of years -- that's an autobiography)

 - First person point of view

 - Focuses on events the way the author remembers them 

 - Includes author’s thoughts and feelings 

 - Includes dialogue 

 - Written in narrative form (example: his description of the setting of the author’s apartment is an example of using the narrative form. )

 - Includes a strong ending that makes the reader think 

Maus

A Survivor’s Tale

My father bleeds history

Chapter 1 - The Sheik

Chapter 1 - Questions

1. What has happened to Artie’s mother? 

2. How does Vladek get along with Mala, his second wife? What kind of things do they argue about? 

3. How long has it been since Artie last visited his father? What do you think is responsible for their separation? 

Maus: Genre

• A Survivor’s Tale (memoir)
  
• Postmodernist work

Postmodernism:

A late 20th-century style and concept in the arts, architecture, and criticism, which represents a departure from modernism and is characterized by the self-conscious use of earlier styles and conventions, a mixing of different artistic styles and media, and a general distrust of theories.

p. 14

Look at page 14 again, what stands out to you?

Think about the positioning of the panels, the interaction, what we focus our attention on, the use of colour, think about the activity.