The Contribution of Cognitive Linguistics to Comics Studies

Stamenković, Dušan; Tasić, Miloš

doi:10.5840/bjp20146221

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“…The ability of the visual medium of comics to emphasize eyes, mouths, hand/arm positions, and volume can easily represent the certain manifestation of human feeling (Stamenković & Tasić, 2014). That statement is in line with Cohn (2012) that said the ultimate objects of the (comic) study should be the abstract representations and principles in the human mind that motivate comprehension of various domains.…”

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confidence: 63%

Subliminal Messages in Comic Books: A Semiology Study on Ardian Syaf’s Case

Purwanto

2018

Humaniora

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Section: Resultssupporting

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Subliminal Messages in Comic Books: A Semiology Study on Ardian Syaf’s Case

Purwanto

2018

Humaniora

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“…Lastly, the third area of interest addressed various comics-related issues such as page layout, colour usage, representation of speed and motion, and the presence or absence of graphic devices for enhancing emotional content. In this context, we relied on the work of Cohn (2013) and Forceville (2011), as well as some of our previous studies (Stamenković & Tasić 2014;Tasić & Stamenković 2017 to analyse the use of pictorial runes and upfixes for representing speed, motion, and emotion in the comic book. We integrated all these tools into a comprehensive methodological approach with the goal of thoroughly examining these specific instances of adaptation from multiple perspectives.…”

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Multimodal Adaptations of Baš-Čelik: From a Fairy Tale to a Comic and Illustrated Book

Tasić

Stamenković

2023

FU Vis Art Mus

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Employing the theoretical framework that represents a unique amalgam of the domains of multimodality, intermediality, transmedia storytelling and adaptation, the paper analyses the process of medial transposition of the folk fairy tale Baš-Čelik, primarily into Đorđe Lobačev’s comic book of the same name (1939/1989), and then into Petar Meseldžija’s 2008 illustrated book The Legend of Baš-Čelik (orig. Legenda o Baš-Čeliku). The paper presents verbal and graphic tools used by these authors in adapting the original text from a monomodal into multimodal media, with a special focus on three research directions. The first is the manner in which the compositional structure of the fairy tale is transferred into the comic and the illustrated book, with the aim of assessing the level of fidelity in these adaptations. The second direction is related to the most important narrative and stylistic differences (e.g., language and tone of narration). The third direction deals with the use of certain comics-specific techniques and resources, such as page layout, use of colour for emphasis, representation of speed and motion, and the presence or absence of particular graphic devices (upfixes and pictorial runes). Finally, the adaptations themselves are compared to each other, highlighting the major similarities and differences between them.

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“…Kukkonen 2013a;2013b;Baetens & Frey 2015: 174-6) or the suggestion that blending theory may be a suitable approach to comics (cf. Forceville 2016;Stamenković & Tasić 2014;Oakley 1998). In addition to that, comics scholars sometimes describe the reading process in such a way that it closely resembles blending theory.…”

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Reading Autobiographical Comics: A Framework for Educational Settings

Oppolzer¹

2020

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Without the generous support of the University of Salzburg this publication would not have been possible in its present form. Most of all, I appreciate the opportunity to make my book available via Open Access, which means that anyone who is interested in teaching literature, comics and auto/biography can download it for free. I had access to all the (re)sources I could ask for through our library service and I was able to attend all the conferences I was interested in, especially those of the German Society for Comics Studies (ComFor), whose fellow members I want to thank for all their support throughout the years. The Department of English and American Studies was instrumental in co-funding the print publication. Extensive feedback from students has helped me to test and clarify the stages of reading that I present in the second part, but also to evaluate existing theories and to question concepts I took for granted. I am especially grateful to Craig Thompson for allowing me to reproduce so many panels and pages from Blankets (2003). Finally, I extend my gratitude to my family and especially to my wife Eva, who has been incredibly patient and supportive throughout the whole process. between lessons with intensive reading tasks for the classroom that encourage an ongoing dialogue with the text, but especially amongst students.Another important adjustment was a greater focus on genre. The ubiquity of autobiographical material in alternative comics is undeniable, as evidenced by the most widely discussed and popular texts, such as Art Spiegelman's MAUS, Alison Bechdel's Fun Home, Marjane Satrapi's Persepolis or Craig Thompson's Blankets. It seemed inappropriate to merely highlight the medium's unique narrative features without addressing the key concerns of its two major genres, superheroes and autobiography, which are singled out in Randy Duncan, Matthew J. Smith and Paul Levitz's The Power of Comics as requiring special attention (cf. 2015: 191-227; 229-62). Both have histories, influence creative choices and shape readers' expectations. Accordingly, the last part of this study is dedicated to 'autographics' , Gillian Whitlock's term for autobiographical work in the comics medium (cf. 2006), which is ideally suited to address questions of authenticity, representation and fluid identities.Over the years, it has become feasible to base a reader-response approach to graphic literature on related theories in comics studies (cf. e.g.

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The Contribution of Cognitive Linguistics to Comics Studies

Cited by 6 publications

References 22 publications

Subliminal Messages in Comic Books: A Semiology Study on Ardian Syaf’s Case

Subliminal Messages in Comic Books: A Semiology Study on Ardian Syaf’s Case

Multimodal Adaptations of Baš-Čelik: From a Fairy Tale to a Comic and Illustrated Book

Reading Autobiographical Comics: A Framework for Educational Settings

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