Serialized Story Telling : A Study of Narrative Mode in Comics

Mrs. N. Jenipha

Volume : VI, Issue : VI, June - 2016

Serialized Story Telling : A Study of Narrative Mode in Comics

Mrs. N. Jenipha

Abstract :

 Comics are the most effective and powerful communicative medium of any literature. Through images and texts, it attracts people of all ages. For this reason, it is considered as the powerful visual medium. Comics narrate the story or happening through the series of images arranged in a sequential order. The major components of a story are conflicts, characters, events and settings. In Comics, the readers can directly see all the components. This kind of work – of – art creates the feeling of liveliness among the readers. Besides, it enables the reader to imagine each and everything as if it happens before their eyes. The writers make use of devices such as speech balloons, captions, onomatopoeia and comic strip to tell his / her story in comics. Every story is told by means of narrative mode. Dialogues, action, description, exposition and thought are the examples of narrative mode. In Comics, the writer employs the narrative mode called "Serialized storytelling". It is a technique used to tell a larger story in small parts. Because of presenting all the actions in a series of images, this technique renders the writer to achieve his / her task triumphantly. The aim of this paper is to discuss the characteristic features and the importance of serialized story telling technique elaborately.