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Stephaniegajdjis (talk) 18:05, 27 November 2018 (UTC)Due to the nature of artistic choices made in Persepolis by virtue of it being an illustrated memoir, readers have faced difficulty in placing it into a genre. The term "novel" most commonly refers to books that are fiction. There is some controversy surrounding how to classify the genre of Persepolis, being that it is non-fiction. Scholars like Hillary Chute argue that Persepolis, like other similar books, should be called a “graphic narrative” instead of a “graphic novel” as such works “claim their own historicity- even as they work to destabilize standard narratives of history.” She explains that graphic narratives defy convention portraying complex narratives of trauma which require “a rethinking of the dominant tropes of unspeakability, invisibility, and inaudibility that have tended to characterize recent trauma theory-as well as a censorship-driven culture at large.” She states that the technique of uncovering the invisible is a “powerful feminist trope.” Chute contends that Persepolis highlights this ‘unseen’ by appearing to be visually simplistic so that it can draw attention to the intense political events happening in the story.Professor Liorah Golomb from the University of Oklahoma states about Persepolis and related books; "As time went on the comics still tended towards the autobiographical, but storytelling gained importance. Most of the women creating comics today are still doing so from a woman's point‐of‐view, but their target audience seems more universal"[1].

I think that the second or third quote from Chute can be paraphrased as to not have three direct quotes from her in a row. I combined what I wrote into your paragraph, and we need the third source to show that there is controversy surrounding the genre.Stephaniegajdjis (talk) 18:05, 27 November 2018 (UTC)

Carlsontemple (talk) 18:11, 27 November 2018 (UTC) The proposed contribution to the article provides effective evidence to support Persepolis' classification as an illustrated memoir. I also agree with Stephanie that the quotes, “claim their own historicity- even as they work to destabilize standard narratives of history." and “a rethinking of the dominant tropes of unspeakability, invisibility, and inaudibility that have tended to characterize recent trauma theory-as well as a censorship-driven culture at large.” could be effectively paraphrased to reduce quotation. Carlsontemple (talk) 18:11, 27 November 2018 (UTC)