Facets of Multidirectional Memory in Miriam Katin’s Letting It Go
Facets of Multidirectional Memory in Miriam Katin’s Letting It Go

Summary/Abstract: This paper analyzes Miriam Katin’s graphic memoir Letting It Go by using the concept of multidirectional memory as coined by Michael Rothberg, arguing that this is a narration that uncovers multiple perspectives on a traumatic event, with an ethical purpose in mind. The focus is on the novel way in which this is achieved given the specific modes of graphic narration. I analyzes the literary modes behind the narrative in order to show the overlap of the narrator I, narrated I, and protagonist, and I unveil the graphic modes of the narrative as powerful tools that shape perspective and yield subjectivity.

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