ENG 390 - Graphic Literature

3. How does history appear in Tintin comics? How does Hergé deal with verifiable geo-political situations and how does he deploy fictional or romanticized depictions of places and times?

4. How does Tintin’s status as a cultural symbol relate to the depictions of nationalism and race in his adventures?

You will need to expand your search beyond the term "Tintin" and use multiple search tools. The suggestions below may not apply to both topics. Use your judgement to select the strategies and sources that will fit with your specific topic. Remember to use the suggestions provided in the main section of Research Tips for this assignment.

Search the CUE Library catalogue and Library Databases with these search terms:

• “Tintin” politics
• “Tintin” nationalism OR race OR imperialism

SocINDEX:

• Dunnett, Oliver. “Identity and Geopolitics in Herge’s Adventures of Tintin.” Social & Cultural Geography, vol. 10, no. 5, Aug. 2009, pp. 583–598.

Academic Search Complete:

• Rösch Felix. “‘Hooray! Hooray! The End of the World Has Been Postponed!’ Politics of Peace in the Adventures of Tintin.” Politics, vol. 34, no. 3, 2014, pp. 225–236.

Gale Literature Resource Center:

• Pellegrin, Annick. “Politics As a Carnival in Hergé's Tintin Et Les Picaros.” European Comic Art, vol. 3, no. 2, 2010.

Books:

• Apostolidès Jean-Marie. The Metamorphoses of Tintin, or, Tintin for Adults. Translated by Jocelyn Hoy, Stanford University Press, 2009. Preview through Google Books

JSTOR:

• Vaclavik, Kiera. “Goodbye, Ghetto: Further Comparative Approaches to Children's Literature”. PMLA, vol. 126, no. 1, 2011, pp. 203–208.

Humanities International Complete:

• Frey, Hugo. “Contagious Colonial Diseases in Herge's the Adventures of Tintin.” Modern & Contemporary France, vol. 12, no. 2, 2004, pp. 177–188.

Sage CRKN Journals:

• Scorer, James. “Imitating Incas and Becoming Llama.” International Journal of Cultural Studies, vol. 11, no. 2, 2008, pp. 139–156.

Article, not owned by CUE Library. Here is a link to Place an Interlibrary Loan Request. You will need your CUE Library barcode and PIN to place the request:

• Mountfort, Paul. “'Yellow Skin, Black Hair … Careful, Tintin’: Hergé and Orientalism.” Australasian Journal of Popular Culture, vol. 1, no. 1, 2011, pp. 33–49.