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Graphic Novel, Manga, and Doodle Fiction: Similarities and Differences

Introduction:                                                                                  

Literature has played an important role to society. It is the human's way of entertainment, information relay, and preservation of culture. It is important to everyone because it preserves memories, emotions, knowledge, lifestyle, and etc. As society and technology change, so does literacy. Because literacy has increased the intensity and complexity of literate environments, the twenty-first century demands that a literate person possess a wide range of abilities and competencies, many literacies. So that, literature has drastically evolved through the times. During the 21st century, these literary pieces have transcended from paper to the digital world and has never stopped ever since. The most iconic pieces of literature of today's world are called memes. However, memes wouldn't exist without the other forms of Literature.

In this blog, I will differentiate and identify the similarities of the 21st century literacy genres which are; Graphic Novel, Manga, and Doodle fiction.

Graphic Novels are narrative and written in comic book formats. These novels can be employed in broad manner, encompassing non-fiction to fiction, from short to long stories. An example of this is the 100 bullets by Brian Azarello.

Manga, a Japanese word for comics, is a generic term for all comic books and graphic novels originally published in Japan. Manga has many genres as well, some of these are Shonen, or boy's manga (e.g. Naruto), Shojo, or girl's manga (e.g. Sailor Moon), Kodomo, or children's manga (e.g. Doraemon),Yaoi, or Boys love manga (e.g. Given), Yuri, or love between women manga (e.g. Citrus), and many more.

Lastly, Doodle Fictions are literary presentations where the author incorporates doodle writing, drawing, and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font to enhance the story, or to add humurous effects. A perfect example to these are The Diary of a Wimpy Kid by Jeff Kinney.

Similarities

   All of these genres incorporate drawings, illustration, or graphics in telling a story. This is just basic definition of each of the genre. Doodle Fictions use doodles for a more humorous and/or engaging effect, while both of the Manga and Graphic Novels use a comic book style. All of these styles, to be even more obvious, contains pictures that engages viewers effectively. These are all from the 21st Century. Each genre couldn't come into being without the assistance of a computer or through digital mechanisms.

   For the specific contexts, Manga and Graphic Novels are both in comic book style as aforementioned repetitively. They use panels with illustrations and texts for readers to quickly understand. Doodle Fictions and Graphic Novels are not necessarily from a specific country, as long as the literary piece contains elements with or defines itself as these genres, they can be branded likewise.

Differences

In Terms of Elements

   Although they have their many respective elemental similarities, they're most common elemental difference is in art style and narration. Doodle fictions use handwritten elements to write its text and drawing. Manga use a very specific Japanese art style to draw the graphics, also they are read from right to left. Elements in Manga always pertain, exclusively, to the Japanese. These Japanese elements include culture, the people, environment, behavior, and the likes. Whereas, the Doodle Fictions and Graphic Novels can be from any country. Lastly, Graphic novels use a very Americanized art style in drawing the comic, and must be read from left to right.

In Terms of Structure

   Structural differences in Manga and Graphic Novels are very little since both are in comic book style. Both of which have panels to separate a scene from another scene. In terms of text, they vary their language and structure in the formality of the pieces. Basically, the most obvious difference in structure is in contrast to Doodle Fictions. Doodle Fictions follow a novel or story book type of narration, unlike the Manga and Graphic Novels. Doodle fictions show both text and pictures in a way like articles are written, while, the comic book styles don't.

Conclusion

The three 21st Century Literary Genres have many differences and similarities. But what is important when you read it is that you had fun, be entertained, appreciate the art, and be motivated. Always remember our literature and learn a lot from it.

References: 

(The Mosh Chronicles,2020)https://manujoson.blogspot.com/2020/10/graphic-novel-manga-and-doodle-fiction.html?m=1&fbclid=IwAR0lNma_9_DWuLFOh0ZfXAmiD7iOkRVBpSju_NLttAJY_tHHOOLmJzjSbZc

(Friensen,2011)https://www.slideshare.net/darinjohn2/21st-century-literary-genres-by-calle-friesen

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