Mocha Dick (la novela gráfica): otra isla en el archipiélago del mito de la ballena.

• Main Author: Gutiérrez García-Huidobro, Julio
• Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
• Language: Spanish
• Published: 2021
• Subjects: novela gráfica; semiótica; narratología; literatura comparada; teoría de la adaptación; graphic novel; semiotics; narratology; comparative literature; theory of adaptation; Martínez; Ortega; White whale
• Online Access: https://dialnet.unirioja.es/servlet/oaiart?codigo=8210009

This paper intends to explore the re-writing of the legend of Mocha Dick, done by Ortega and Martínez. In their work, they use comics’ narrative resources to blend the tale of the big white whale with mapuche mythology, some testimonial chronicles, and Melville’s famous novel. Through the study of d...