Graduation Year
2026
Publication Date
2023
Abstract
Attack on Titan is a globally celebrated Japanese manga written and illustrated by Hajime Isayama. The manga has sold over 110 million copies worldwide, garnering several awards which have cemented its enormous success. The narrative is set in the early nineteenth century, when a small portion of humanity has been forced to live behind gigantic walls that protect them from enormous, human-like titans who feast on human flesh. It is through the events that take place in Attack on Titan that the reader can reflect critically on topics relevant today, such as racism, genocide, and revenge through the formal ways that manga presents complex narrative in an accessible, visual format to readers.
Disciplines
English Language and Literature | Rhetoric and Composition
Recommended Citation
Song, Joseph, "The Manga Attack on Titan as a Literary Medium" (2023). Outstanding Gateway Papers. 20.
https://digitalcommons.iwu.edu/gateway/20
Comments
Third Place, 2022-2023, Best Gateway Essay Contest
Gateway Professor: Harlan Chambers, Visiting Assistant Professor of History