El arte de volar: B2 Spanish Graphic Biography
Read a factual B2 Spanish analysis of how Antonio Altarriba and Kim turned family research into the graphic novel El arte de volar.
El arte de volar: una vida familiar en viñetas
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What you'll learn
graphic biography, script and illustration, family memory, historical reconstruction, source criticism, narrative structure
A factual B2 Spanish article analyses El arte de volar, published in 2009 with a script by Antonio Altarriba and drawings by Kim. It distinguishes documented biography from narrative reconstruction, explains the flashback structure and collaboration, and notes the 2010 National Comic Prize and three Barcelona Comic Fair awards. The kit has 14 cards: 3 phrases, 6 words and 5 grammar cards.
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Article learning block
Phrases, words, grammar, and quick practice from this text.
Phrases for training
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retrocede en el tiempo
newgoes back in time
The narrative returns to earlier events.
Useful for analysing story structure.
no se limitan a
neware not limited to
Shows that something has a broader function.
Useful for nuanced analysis.
palabra por palabra
newword for word
Exactly as something was originally said.
Useful when discussing quotation and memory.
Key words
Vocabulary that carries the school-day topic.
script
guion
script
The written plan of dialogue, action and sequence for a comic.
Essential for distinguishing collaborators' roles.
exile
exilio
exile
Living outside one's country after being forced or compelled to leave.
Key historical vocabulary for the work.
scattered episodes
episodios dispersos
scattered episodes
Separate events that are not initially in one sequence.
Useful for discussing biographical reconstruction.
mediation
mediación
mediation
The shaping influence of a person between events and their presentation.
Useful for critical reading.
comic panel
viñeta
comic panel
One framed image in a comic sequence.
Basic vocabulary for graphic narrative.
rigour
rigor
rigour
Careful attention to evidence and distinctions.
Useful for academic and critical discussion.
Grammar in context
Patterns from the text worth noticing after reading.
Past perfect for an earlier action
había dejado
had left
The past perfect marks an action completed before another past action.
Useful in historical reconstruction.
Aunque with an accepted fact
Aunque el hijo firma
although the son signs
Aunque plus indicative introduces a real contrast.
Useful for qualified analysis.
No debe confundirse con
no debe confundirse
must not be confused with
This passive structure warns against treating two things as equivalent.
Useful for critical distinctions.
Sin plus infinitive and que clause
sin afirmar que
without claiming that
Sin afirmar que rejects a stronger claim while keeping a narrower one.
Useful for careful argumentation.
Conditional for a research choice
¿Qué comprobarías
What would you verify
The conditional asks about a hypothetical next step.
Useful for source evaluation.
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