Language of Comics

AvMario Saraceni

Häftad, Engelska, 2003

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Beskrivning

The Intertext series has been specifically designed to meet the needs of contemporary English Language Studies. Working with Texts: A Core Introduction to Language Analysis (second edition, 2001) is the foundation text, which is complemented by a range of 'satellite' titles. These provide students with hands-on practical experience of textual analysis through special topics, and can be used individually or in conjunction with Working with Texts.The Language of Comics: highly illustrated with large number of real comic strips provides a history of comics from the end of the nineteenth century to the presentexplores the 'semiotics of comics', from the interaction between the verbal and the visual and how texts interrelate to the way speech and thought are reported in narrative and point of viewmakes the case for comics as multi-modal texts and considers future developments in the genreis user friendly and accessible, and provides a full glossary.

Produktinformation

Utgivningsdatum:2003-05-22
Mått:174 x 245 x 10 mm
Vikt:260 g
Format:Häftad
Språk:Engelska
Serie:Intertext
Antal sidor:128
Förlag:Taylor & Francis Ltd
ISBN:9780415214223

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Mario Saraceni is Lecturer at Assumption University, Bangkok, Thailand.

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'Its innovative approach and accessibility are some of its great assets. More importantly, the beauty of comics is never lost in the book's serious examination of comics. I am confident that the book will be an informative and pleasurable read to many readers across a number of disciplines.' – Discourse & Society

Innehållsförteckning

Unit one: What are comics? Historical overview; How comic are comics? The components of comics; The panel; The gutter; The balloon; The caption; Unit two: Words and pictures; The blend between words and pictures; Semiotics and the idea of the sign; Looking at words; The visual aspect of words in comics; Reading pictures; Pictures in comics; The collaboration between words and pictures; Unit three: Between the panels; Cartoons, comics and language; Cohesion; Repetition; Coherence; Semantic field; Inference: bridging the gaps; Summary 56 Unit four: The voices of comics; Fictional voices: can you hear them? Who’s speaking? Thought presentation: reading the characters’ minds; Voices in comics; Thought balloons; Unit five: The eyes of comics; What does ‘point of view’ mean? Deictics; Unit six: Comics and computers; Comics in computers? Cartoons on your desktop? Words and comics; Artists with mice.