Reading a 21st Century Literary Genres like Doodle Fiction, Manga, and Graphic Novel is fun and exciting! The drawing makes it more appealing. But, can you pin point their similarities and differences in terms of their structures and elements? If not, then come and dive in my blog!

Doodle Fiction

Doodle fictions are literary presentations where the author incorporates doodle writing, drawing, and handwritten graphics in place of the traditional font to enhance the story, or to add humorous effects. Doodling engages the brain's “executive resources” - processes that help us plan, multi-task, and concentrate. It also acts as a mediator between the spectrum of thinking too much or thinking too little and helps focus on the current situation.

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Manga

Manga is an umbrella term for a wide variety of comic books and graphic novels originally produced and published in Japan. Unlike American comic books, which are usually printed in full color, Japanese manga is almost always black and white. Full-color prints are often only used for special releases. Japanese manga is read right-to-left rather than left-to-right, which is the norm for English language publications.

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Graphic Novels

A graphic novel is a type of text combining words and images—essentially a comic, although the term most commonly refers to a complete story presented as a book rather than a periodical. These novels can be employed extensively, encompassing non-fiction to fiction, from short to long stories.

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Similarities

All of these genres incorporate drawings, illustrations, or graphics in telling a story. This is just a basic definition of each of the genre. Doodle Fictions use doodles for a more humorous and/or engaging effect, while both of the Manga and Graphic Novels use a comic book style. All of these styles, to be even more obvious, contain pictures that engage viewers effectively. These are all from the 21st Century. Each genre couldn't come into being without the assistance of a computer or through digital mechanisms.

Their Differences

IN TERMS OF ELEMENTS

Although they have their many respective elemental similarities, their most common elemental difference is in art style and narration. Doodle fictions use handwritten elements to write its text and drawing. Manga uses a very specific Japanese art style to draw the graphics, also they are read from right to left. Elements in Manga always pertain, exclusively, to the Japanese. These Japanese elements include culture, the people, environment, behavior, and the likes. Whereas, the Doodle Fictions and Graphic Novels can be from any country. Lastly, Graphic novels use a very Americanized art style in drawing the comic and must be read from left to right.

IN TERMS OF STRUCTURE

Structural differences in Manga and Graphic Novels are very little since both are in comic book style. Both of which have panels to separate a scene from another scene. In terms of text, they vary their language and structure in the formality of the pieces. The most obvious difference in structure is in contrast to Doodle Fictions. Doodle Fictions follow a novel or storybook type of narration, unlike the Manga and Graphic Novels. Doodle fictions show both text and pictures in a way like articles are written, while, the comic book styles don't

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Manojoson, "Graphic Novel, Manga, and Doodle Fiction: Similarities and Differences". October 12, 2020.
Murray, "Graphic Novel". 2020. retrieved from https://www.britannica.com/art/graphic-novel/The-first-graphic-novels
Pagan, "A Beginner's Guide to Manga". Stavros Niarchos Foundation Library (SNFL). December 27, 2018.

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