|
BOBC |
 |
 |
 |
|
Morgan, David. "Looking Awry at Georgian Caricature: Lacan and the Satirists." European Comic Art 12. (2019): 88–110. Added by: joachim (11/27/19, 3:46 PM) |
 |
| Resource type: Journal Article Language: en: English Peer reviewed DOI: 10.3167/eca.2019.120106 BibTeX citation key: Morgan2019 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Caricature, Lacan. Jacques, Politics, Psychoanalysis, Randformen des Comics, Satire, United Kingdom Creators: Morgan Collection: European Comic Art |
Views: 6/1023
|
| Attachments |
| Abstract |
|
This article investigates the applicability of certain aspects of Lacanian psychoanalytic theory to the study of visual satire and/or caricature. Lacan’s treatment of the phenomenon of visual anamorphosis can provide a fruitful new way of thinking about the art of caricature. The visual exaggerations and distortions central to the art of caricature function as they do, as works of social or political satire, by virtue of the extent to which they expose the psychological emptiness or hollowness (castration) which inheres in all human social or symbolic activity. This argument is then applied to the political circumstances prevailing in late Georgian England: in particular, the visual satirical treatment devoted to the nature and status of the monarchy during this period is examined in the light of foregoing arguments.
|