As a literary device and in its visual realization, Maus 's animal metaphor opens up various dimensions of analysis and interpretation. The use of the animal metaphor is central to Spiegelman's work. By exceeding literary boundaries and generic expectations, it is thus an essential addition to Holocaust literature. Spiegelman's work Maus braves many conventions of dealing with the Holocaust but reconstructs it in an unprecedented and unique manner. Representing the Holocaust in a comic book is a daring enterprise doing it with animal figures is even bolder. The Animal Metaphor in Spiegelman's MausĤ.1 Spiegelman's Personal Dimension of the Animal MetaphorĤ.3 The Animal Metaphor as a Distancing and Defamiliarizing DeviceĤ.4 The Self-Reflexivity of the Animal MaskĤ.5 Construction of Identity and Ethnicity by the Animal MetaphorĤ.6 The Visual Dimension – Maus 's Drawing StyleĤ.7 Criticism and Incongruities of the Animal MetaphorĤ.7.1 Stereotyping and Insulting of Ethnicities 2.2 "Funny Animals" in Popular Culture and in Comic BooksĤ.
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