Story with Maus and White

"The idea that narrative should be considered less as a form of representation than as a matter of speaking about events, whether real or imaginary, has been recently elaborated within the discussion of the relationship between discourse and narrative that has arisen in the wake of Structuralism." - Hayden White

As a screenwriter/director, I disagree with the concept that White mentions in the above quote. I believe that the actual magic in telling a story of any kind, whether it be written, oral, or on film is that fact that in telling numerous sequence of events in chronological or non-chronological order you can also use forms of representation to illustrate multiple meanings of what's going on in the plot line. Speigelman does this very well in Maus. He manages to tell a story within a story and in doing so he uses the telling of events to show the reader a much bigger picture than a story about Jews and Nazis.

He's telling a story about the connection between generations and how we can learn from one another. He tells a story about perseverance and never giving up. There are much more messages or representations in the comic book. The many layers makes it much more than just a comic. This is much more than just discourse among two people and that's why narrative must continue to be just as much of a representation as a retelling of events to an eager audience.