Manga Versus Comics: Clannad’s Transnationalism and Reader-Response Theory
Document Type
Panel Presentation
Keywords
Manga, Transnationalism, Reader-Response Theory
Biography
Alexis Cavender, commonly known as Lexi to her peers, is an English education major working toward becoming a middle school teacher someday. Her hometown is in Maysel, WV, which is just a two-hour drive from this campus. She has been a fan of anime since middle school and started reading manga in her freshman year of high school. Her favorite anime is Clannad while her favorite manga is Black Butler. Besides being a fan of anime and manga, she is also a fan of video games like Hades and DeltaRune. She is also quite passionate about learning Japanese culture, as well as its language. Her education is important to her, but so are her interests.
Major
Regents' Bachelor of Arts
Advisor for this project
Puspa Damai
Abstract
Manga and U.S. comics have been around for a long time. However, manga has been taking U.S. comic books by storm. However, manga has been taking over U.S. comic books by storm. It has become an international staple within the United States. Starting in 2019, the discussion of manga’s popularity grew to the extent where videos and articles created discussion. It has led to questions about the involvement of politics in literature and what affects the global market in terms of sales. Globalization and reader-response theory highlights why manga has made its mark within the U.S. and the comic book industry. Destruction becomes necessary within the scope of literature, following the concepts of Roland Barthes and Wolfgang Iser. Using Clannad as the main manga to observe, these theories will discover what makes manga popular. It follows a Japanese high-school boy named Tomoya Okazaki, who is in his third year. He does not take his studies as seriously as his peers, and he goes through his life as normal before he meets a girl named Nagisa Furukawa. Along the way, he meets more people, and his life changes. There is a deeper layer behind how stories are told to an audience.
Manga Versus Comics: Clannad’s Transnationalism and Reader-Response Theory
Manga and U.S. comics have been around for a long time. However, manga has been taking U.S. comic books by storm. However, manga has been taking over U.S. comic books by storm. It has become an international staple within the United States. Starting in 2019, the discussion of manga’s popularity grew to the extent where videos and articles created discussion. It has led to questions about the involvement of politics in literature and what affects the global market in terms of sales. Globalization and reader-response theory highlights why manga has made its mark within the U.S. and the comic book industry. Destruction becomes necessary within the scope of literature, following the concepts of Roland Barthes and Wolfgang Iser. Using Clannad as the main manga to observe, these theories will discover what makes manga popular. It follows a Japanese high-school boy named Tomoya Okazaki, who is in his third year. He does not take his studies as seriously as his peers, and he goes through his life as normal before he meets a girl named Nagisa Furukawa. Along the way, he meets more people, and his life changes. There is a deeper layer behind how stories are told to an audience.
