Translation Essay Outline

Christopher Alberto

Professor Scanlan 

ENG2400

4/3/22

The graphic memoir The Complete Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and the film Persepolis by Satrapi and Vincent Paronnaud is about an Iranian girl who struggles with growing up in her country because of the Islamic revolution. She faces a lot of adversities that cause a lot of pain and changes to her life. I will be comparing the similarities and differences between the text and film version using Character and Setting terms. One of the exchange concepts that will be included will be Sacrifice. Color and non-diegetic/diegetic sounds will also be discussed.  

Body #1

Talk about similarities and differences with the terms Character and Setting with the film and text. 

Body #2 

Talk about the exchange concept Sacrifice ( Margi parents had no choice but to send their little girl to France )

Body #3

Talk about Color  (color in the beginning of the film/black and white for the rest) and Diegetic/Non-Diegetic sounds (Margi thinks to herself in her mind and her narration)

Conclusion

Summarization of the essay and the translation of the film and text