Author: Jules Verne
Website (Wikipedia): http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jules_Verne
Illustrated & Adapted By: Rod Espinosa
Website: http://www.courageousprincess.com/rodespinosa/rodespinosa.html
Media Used: Watercolor, ink and photography
Summary: Annotation: Phileas Fogg wagers that he can travel the world in 80 days. The next day he sets off to tour the world traveling by boat, train and many other modes of transportation.
Personal Reaction (provided by J. Knell): In a smoky room, filled with card players discussing a recent robbery, Phileas Fogg states to his friends that “one can travel ten times faster now than a century ago. That will result in the rapid capture of the thief”. Skeptical of Fogg’s assertions, he sets off to prove his friends wrong and travel the world in eighty days. The text and illustrations are rendered in comic book fashion in what appear to be watercolor, ink and photographs. The period looking illustrations will transport readers to another era and to the many exotic places traveled by Fogg. This is an entertaining and fun introduction to Jules Verne’s literary classic, Around the World in 80 Days.
"The Classics Revisited" Group Project - Check out our group's presentation of this and other literary classic graphic novel adaptations that we have suggested for high school students.
Fiction in Graphic Novel Format
Curricular Connection: High School English
Educators may wish to have students read the unabridged and graphic novel editions together so as to discuss the differences and weigh the pros and cons of each.
No comments:
Post a Comment