Essays about: "comics studies"

Showing result 1 - 5 of 10 essays containing the words comics studies.

1. 1. Age-graded Variation in Japanese Visual Language : The different morphology of adults’ and children’s manga

   University essay from Högskolan Dalarna/Institutionen för språk, litteratur och lärande

   Author : Sixten Linusson; [2021]
   Keywords : Japanese; visual language; visual morphology; morphology; linguistics; age-grading; manga; comics;

   Abstract : Previous studies have shown that not only is there something called visual language through which we understand graphical expressions, but also that each culture has its own visual language. Furthermore, there are variances within these visual languages, denoted by genre, which can be interpreted to be dialects. READ MORE

3. 2. “Ha ha ha. Looks like the case is closed, ha ha ha” A Corpus Study of Imitative Interjections in the English Language

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Engelska

   Author : Sigrid Sundmark; [2020]
   Keywords : interjection; imitative interjection; onomatopoeia; spoken language; sound symbolism; semantics; linguistics; exclamative; comics; oh; hmm; aha.; Languages and Literatures;

   Abstract : The focus of this bachelor’s essay is to investigate non-lexical interjections. In this study, imitative interjection proves to be an appropriate term for interjections such as mm-hmm and wow, with non-lexical properties distinguishing them from hey and yes. READ MORE

4. 3. The Super-Male and the Super-Female : Gender Criticism in Watchmen

   University essay from Högskolan i Jönköping/Högskolan för lärande och kommunikation

   Author : Gunnar Ernsth Bravell; [2019]
   Keywords : Watchmen; Superheroes; Comics; Gender Studies;

   Abstract : This essay aims to analyze if the graphic novel Watchmen criticizes the conventions of the superhero comic genre in regards to gender. The literary theory applied is gender studies. The essay examines the visual portrayal of male and female characters, as well as the male-dominated narrative. READ MORE

5. 4. Narrative Perspective in a Wordless Graphic Novel: Shaun Tan's The Arrival

   University essay from Stockholms universitet/Engelska institutionen

   Author : Hanna Johnson; [2018]
   Keywords : Narrator; Focalizer; Graphic Novel; Mieke Bal; Gérard Genette; Scott McCloud; Shaun Tan; The Arrival;

   Abstract : In a narrative the narrator tells the story, and the focalizer is a character through whose eyes the story is seen. The narrator is thus the one who speaks, whilst the focalizer is silent. The identification of these two narratological features is made with the help of verbal cues such as personal pronouns for instance. READ MORE

6. 5. Uncomics – reconsidering the comics form through the prism of its experimental periphery

   University essay from Lunds universitet/Avdelningen för konsthistoria och visuella studier

   Author : Allan Haverholm; [2018]
   Keywords : comics studies; comics theory; abstract comics; reading schema; poetry comics; Cultural Sciences;

   Abstract : The interdisciplinary field of Comics Studies has developed since the late 20th Century, in response to the increasing, popular reach of comics as a mass phenomenon capable of addressing a wide range of subject matter and approaches, including journalism, (auto)biography, and academical papers. Still, these apparent innovations and, in turn, their scholarly dissemination are predicated upon genre conventions and commercial dictates dating back to the period between World Wars I and II. READ MORE