Comics in the perspective of literary theory
The comicsology project and the crisis of essential genre studies
The article attempts to show the possibilities of analyzing comics using critical tools known
from the literary studies. It highlights the variety of different science approaches, which combine on
comics studies. In particular, the paper puts this issue in the context of methodological impasse of
essential genre studies and blur of literary categories. The aim of the article is to identify research
opportunities in genre studies of comic books and to select the appropriate tools for further studies
on hybrid genres, which include especially graphic novels (and comics in general)
