Maus d'Art Spiegelman : bande dessinée et shoah

Discusses Art Spiegelman's "Maus" and the adequacy of comic books in portraying the Holocaust. Views "Maus" as an attempt by a son of survivors to symbolically fit in with his family in the place of their suffering. This place being barred, Spiegelman approaches it through mental and drawn images, inspired by his father's tale, told to him on his initiative. Contends that, in tying his father's story to his own autobiography, Spiegelman bears witness to the process of bearing witness, allowing the past to communicate with the present. Father and son can thus, together with the reader, confront the reality and trauma of Auschwitz. Concludes that the comic book, with its ability to express the most complex spatio-temporal relations, is the most suitable medium for representing the Holocaust. Includes bibliographical references (pages 177-186). 186 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm.