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Analysing "Persepolis"

Persepolis, or "The Story of a Childhood and The Story of a Return" Is an autobiographical memoir/graphic novel created by Marjane Satrapi."The Story of a Childhood" tells the story of Marjane, the author, growing up in the revolutionary Iran. The complete story, including both "The Story of a Childhood" and "The Story of a Return" was published in four volumes between 2000 and 2003.

=Table of contents:= Students' opinions of the novel

=Text=

Setting Plot Narrative Characters
 * - Friends
 * **- Marjane **
 * **- Marjane's Grandmother **
 * **- Mrs. Satrapi **
 * - Mr. Satrapi
 * - Marjane's Grandmother
 * - Uncle Anoosh

=Context=


 * Setting:
 * Iran's history
 * **Iran today**


 * The writing:
 * The author
 * Translation
 * Only one author?

Considering the text as its different genres:
 * Portrait of a culture
 * Coming-of-age-story (Bildungs Roman)
 * Political reportage
 * Memoir
 * Graphic novel