Sobre riscos, rostos e ratos: um olhar à visualidade em Maus, de Art Spiegelman

Abstract

This essay focuses on the comic strip Maus, a survivor’s tale, by Art Spiegelman, through this scope we seek to understand the image code adopted by the author in the narrative construction of his graphic novel. Starting from broader issues, such as the history of this narrative medium and its language, this analysis contextualizes Maus within the universe of comics. After that, delves into the specifics of their narrative construction, specially the visual choices adopted by Spiegelman. In an attempt to expand the interpretive possibilities of the book, we applied Walter Benjamin’s concept of allegory as a way to understand the representation of Jews as mice and its construction process. Thus, it is expected to understand a little more about the peculiar language of comics, specially the resources and narratives processes presented in Maus.