Bande-Dessinée et Roman Illustré?

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Bande-Dessinée et Roman Illustré?

Est-ce que bande-dessinée veut dire "comic strip," et roman illustré veut dire "graphic novel?"

Asked 1 year ago
AurélieKwiziq team memberCorrect answer

Bonjour Patrick !

In English, you have two distinct terms to talk about comic-strip style books: the term "comics" refers to a shorter, periodical form, whereas "graphic novel" is a longer narrative, often hard-cover "comic-style" book.
 
In French, we don't have two distinct terms as in English, so in both cases (comics and graphic novels), we usually use the generic term of "une bande-dessinée / une BD", fans going for the English term "un comics" for comics.
 
As for "roman illustré", that's a completely different genre of books, i.e. a written novel with illustrations.
 
I hope that's helpful!
Bonne journée !

Bande-Dessinée et Roman Illustré?

Est-ce que bande-dessinée veut dire "comic strip," et roman illustré veut dire "graphic novel?"

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