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Graphic Novels Classification - Discussion Paper

Explore the classification of graphic novels according to the DDC system. Provide input and suggestions by March 31, 2005, on the proposed categorizations and subdivisions. Understand the nuances between fine arts, literature, and specific genres within graphic storytelling.

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Graphic Novels Classification - Discussion Paper

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  1. Graphic Novels Julianne Beall Assistant Editor, DDC Library of Congress Saturday, January 15, 2005 ALA MW Boston

  2. http://www.oclc.org/dewey/discussion/ • Graphic Novels in DDC: Discussion Paper • Supplement to Graphic Novels in DDC • Draft schedule 741.5 Cartoons, caricatures, comics, graphic novels, fotonovelas available for testing • Comments and suggestions by March 31, 2005

  3. Previous Discussion and Advice • Oral discussion and advice from librarians and members of publishing community • 20 written responses to written discussion papers (some individual responses, some group responses) • Unfortunately, people disagree about important issues

  4. 741.5 vs. 800 • For 741.5: 8 • For 800: 7 • Mixed response: 2 • No response: 3

  5. 741.5 vs. 800 (continued) “The obvious ‘tension of intent' with graphic novels, i.e., their intent is both literary and artistic” When narrative is presented primarily visually, or when graphics and text are equally important, prefer 700 over 800

  6. 700 vs. 800 The same preference for 700 holds for a combination of • music and literature • acting and literature • dancing and literature

  7. 700 vs. 800 (continued) First of two rule 700 The arts Fine and decorative arts . . . for literature, see 800

  8. 700 vs. 800 Examples • Shakespeare, Othello 822.33 • Stage production 792.92 • Verdi, Otello 782.1 • Stage production 792.542 • Orson Welles’s film, The Tragedy of Othello, the Moor of Venice (adaptation of Shakespeare’s Othello) 791.4372

  9. All Kinds Together vs. Separate Categories • For all kinds together: 6 • “Impossible to make workable distinctions” • For separate categories: 5 • No response: 9

  10. Suggestions from Respondents: Suggestion A: 2 Categories • Cartoons & comics that form a narrative • Cartoons & comics that do not form a narrative

  11. Suggestion B: 3 Categories • “Single panel cartoons/caricatures” • “Comic strips that are the graphic equivalent of brief prose anecdotes” • “Graphic stories, including those originally published serially in comic strip or comic book form, those originally published in a single volume, and those originally published serially as a series of volumes"

  12. Suggestion C: 4 Categories • “Single-moment representations (caricatures)” • “Comics (serials publications in which neither the beginning nor the end point of the story informs the current episode in hand)”

  13. Suggestion C: 4 Categories (continued) • “Comic strips (single-movement—joke, thought—expositions that may be republished in a collection but which collection forms no overarching arc of development of characters or plot)” • “All formal narratives—be they traditional prose-only novels, graphic novels, or verse novels”

  14. 741.5 Cartoons, caricatures, comics, graphic novels, fotonovelas Standard subdivisions are added for any or all topics in heading Class here comic strips, comic books • But: notation 741.54-.57 left open for possible future development of specific categories

  15. Fiction and Nonfiction Graphic Novels: Manual Note • Work presented as essay, textbook, journalistic, biographical, or autobiographical account of nonfiction topic: if in doubt, prefer the number for the topic in 001-999 • Work that uses techniques of fiction writing to tell story of actual people and events: if in doubt, prefer 741.5

  16. 741.51 Techniques . . . . Class here comprehensive works Class techniques, procedures, apparatus, equipment, materials used for special aspects in 741.53

  17. 741.53 Special aspects . . . Class here genres Class single works and collections of works regardless of genre in 741.59

  18. 741.59 Historical, geographic, persons treatment [formerly 741.509] Class here single works and collections of works; development, description, critical appraisal Class works of description and critical appraisal that focus on a specific aspect and are not limited to an individual artist or writer with the aspect in 741.53, e.g., critical appraisal of superhero comics 741.5352

  19. 741.59 Subarrangement by Country: Manual Note • Use notation for country where first published for individual works where multiple hands (e.g., writers, pencilers, inkers, colorists, letterers) have contributed to the final work • Use notation for country of the artist or writer for collections that feature the work of a particular artist or writer

  20. 741.59 Subarrangement by Country: Manual Note (continued) • If in doubt, try to determine which country's cultural tradition the work was originally aimed at, and use the notation for that country • If still in doubt, prefer notation for the country that comes later in Table 2

  21. Special Collections: Outside DDC • Fic or F [Fiction] • TEEN GN • GN [for adult readers] • No consistent pattern; local experimentation

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