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D’Angelo, M. and Lorenzo Cantoni. "Comics: Semiotic Approaches." Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics. Ed. Keith Brown. 2nd ed. Vol. 2. Oxford [etc.]: Elsevier, 2006. 627–35. Added by: joachim (1/5/10, 1:39 PM) |
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| Resource type: Book Chapter Language: en: English DOI: 10.1016/B0-08-044854-2/01401-2 BibTeX citation key: DAngelo2006 Email resource to friend View all bibliographic details  |
Categories: General Keywords: Encyclopedia article, Language, Semiotics Creators: Brown, Cantoni, D’Angelo Publisher: Elsevier (Oxford [etc.]) Collection: Encyclopedia of Language & Linguistics |
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This article presents the ways comics have been and are studied by semiotics. In particular, a semiotic approach to comics is discussed, including a brief overview of its history and a definition as language with its own semiotic code(s). Various research perspectives on comics are then presented, including their narrative form, their mixed language, always in-between pure images and pure texts, and their sequential form. Future research directions are suggested. Article Outline • What Does ‘Semiotic Approach’ Mean? • The Pioneers of the Sign • Misunderstanding ‘Comics’: Comics as a Genre • Are Comics ‘Innocent’? From Genre to Language • Graphic Literature: Comics as a Narrative Form • The Analysis of the Narrative Form in Comics • The Strange Case of Dr Image and Mrs Word: Comics as Mixed Language • Silent Comics: Verbal and Visual Forms in Comics • Blind Comics: The Analysis of Verbal Form in Comics • From Panel to Panel: Comics as a Sequential Language • The Analysis of Sequential Dimension in Comics • Comics as Polyphonic Language • The Semiotic Approach to Comics, Today and Tomorrow References Added by: joachim |