Erling Søby skrev: ↑11. maj 2021, 21:55
Frank Madsen:
Art Spiegelman
Jeg har læst Maus. Og selv om det er
funny animals, så finder jeg den nu ikke særlig sjov. Faktisk synes jeg den er mere deprimerende end sjov.
Og alligevel er humoren og ironien der.
"Throughout this novel, the audience constantly is reminded of how horrific the Holocaust was to the Jewish people. Nevertheless, the novel finds very effective ways to insert forms of humor in the inner story and outer story of Maus. Although the Holocaust has a heart wrenching effect on the novel as a whole, the effective use of humor allows for the story to become slightly less severe and a more tolerable read."
https://www.123helpme.com/essay/The-Use ... ans-520640
"In Maus, you witness Spiegelman’s frustration his father’s inability to not live in survival mode. I found myself laughing, crying and laughing some more as I flipped through every page the first time I read it. What makes Maus so special, is not only its ability to re-tell history in another medium, but to find the humor and creativity in pain. As a Catholic, I could relate to this."
https://drpop.org/maus-humor-pain-and-realness/
"Maus is a serious piece of literature about a very serious period of not-so-distant world history. Spiegelman's graphic novel certainly does not shy away from the horror and violence of the Holocaust. Yet, I personally found moments of humor throughout. For me, the biggest laugh was when Vladek and his friends ate the cake that was partially made out of laundry soap. The moment was genuine and a surprise. We can find bemusement in such a scenario, but this is a real life memory from an actual occurrence. And these people experienced the worst humanity has to offer; displacement, persecution, and genocide. I find it no coincidence that 3 pages after the laundry soap cake incident we have gone from comedy to tragedy as we see Vladec and Anja literally starving - going so far as to chewing on wood. "
http://engl3084comicsgraphicnovel.blogs ... or-in.html
"Art brings humour to this retelling of the horrors of the Holocaust. Once when he wonders aloud whether the war made his father irrational, his second wife intervenes, “All our friends went through the camps. Nobody is like him.”
https://www.thehindu.com/books/maus-by- ... 607588.ece