Teacher Resources
Books:
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis. Paris, France: Pantheon, 2003.
Satrapi, Marjane. Persepolis 2: The Story of a Return. Paris, France: Pantheon, 2004.
Additional Websites and Articles:
Iranian Revolution Details the history of the Islamic, often called the Iranian, revolution.
History of Iran: Islamic Revolution of 1979 Describes events and situations leading to the Islamic Revolution, as well as the Revolution itself.
A Modern History of the Islamic World by Reinhard Schulze
Encyclopedia of Women and Islamic Cultures by Suad Joseph, Afsaneh Najmabadi
The Making of Iran's Islamic Revolution by Moshen M. Milani
Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi Gives information on the Shah and his regime before the time of the Revolution.
International Journal of Middle East Studies by JSTOR
Muslims: Frequently Asked Questions Questions and answers that are helpful in understanding Islamic tradition.
Iran: Behind the Veil
This article from the Globalist that discusses women's increasingly
important role in politics and why they still wear the veil.
Lifting the Veil: Life in Revolutionary Iran This article delves into what life is like in Iran since the advent of the revolution.
Muslims and the Veil Discusses different opinions on women and the veil.
Beyond the Veil: Women Seeking Change Women in Iran, as this article shows, are beginning to step into leadership roles, despite their "perceived" oppresion.
A Tale of Two Muslim Women: To Cover or Not To Cover? This article discusses to Muslim women and the decisions about the use of the veil and the abaya.
Islamic Clothing Gives information on the hijab and abaya and why they are used.
INTERVIEWS WITH MARJANE SATRAPI
dir.salon.com/story/books/int/2005/04/24/satrapi/index.html
www.powells.com/authors/satrapi.html
www.asiasource.org/news/special reports/satrapi.cfm
HISTORY AND DEFINITION OF THE GRAPHIC NOVEL
A brief history of the graphic novel by Stan Tychinski
www.graphicnovels.brodart.com/history.htm
Hillary Chute and Marianne DeKoven, "Introduction: Graphic Narrative," Modern Fiction Studies 52.4 (Winter 2006): 767-782
Chris Couch, “The Publication and Formats of Comics, Graphic Novels, and Tankobon,” Image & Narrative: online magazine of visual narrative December 2000, issue 1: Cognitive Narratology
www.imageandnarrative.be/narratology/Chriscouch.htm
TIMELINE OF RELATIONS BETWEEN THE UNITED STATES AND IRAN
news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/middle east/3362443.stm
ISLAM AND THE ISLAMIC REVOLUTION
www.internews.org/visavis/islam in iran mstr.html
www.internews.org/visavis/islam rev mstr.html
WOMEN IN IRAN
www.internews.org/visavis/women mstr.html
HISTORY AND CULTURE OF IRAN
www.iranchamber.com
www.cultureofiran.com
Historical timeline of Ancient Persia to Contemporary Iran from 8000BC to 1979
www.mage.com/TLbody.html
Key Vocabulary from Persepolis I:
1.p. 3 obligatory
2.p. 4 decadence
3.p. 10 revolution
4.p. 15 fanatics
5.p.18 degenerate
6.p. 28 frivolities
7.p. 31 cadaver
8.p. 43 sentiment
9.p. 47 subversive
10.p. 51 cyanide
11.p. 53 dialectic
12.p. 58 shunned
13.p. 62 proletariat
14.p. 73 imperialists
15.p. 75 regime
16.p. 86 console
17.p. 98 rebellious
18.p. 101 carnage
19.p. 106 vintner
20.p. 115 belligerent
21.p. 117 systematically
22.p. 122 veritable
23.p. 123 asylum
24.p. 138 euphoria
25.p. 143 expelled
Guest Speaker:
If possible, bring in a speaker that lived through the overthrow of the Shah's regime or the war with Iraq to provide another perspective on the subjects that Marjane Satrapi discusses in Persepolis I and II.