From Essex to Melville. Re-writing the myth of the white whale in the graphic novel Mocha Dick

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The image of Herman Melville’s Moby Dick, foundational novel of the American narrative, is originated in the southern chilean sea. The repertory that precedes the literary work proposed by Wolfgang Iser presents a process in which different versions of the myth are written. The graphic novel Mocha Dick by Francisco Ortega (texts) and Gonzalo Martínez (artwork) is one of these versions of the myth. The chilean comic dialogues with the previous texts and proposes a review of Melville´s and the origins of the legendary white whale.

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David García Reyes

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David García Reyes, Universidad de Concepción

Universidad de Concepción

Facultad de Humanidades y Arte

Departamento de Español

Casilla 160-C. Concepción (Chile)

García Reyes, D. (2019). From Essex to Melville. Re-writing the myth of the white whale in the graphic novel Mocha Dick. ALPHA: Revista De Artes, Letras Y Filosofía, (47), 91-104. https://doi.org/10.32735/S0718-220120180004700166

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