@article{ART002852172},
author={Lee Kyonghee},
title={A Visual Grammar Analysis of a Comic Book Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984},
journal={The Journal of Translation Studies},
issn={1229-795X},
year={2022},
volume={23},
number={2},
pages={191-224},
doi={10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.007}
TY - JOUR
AU - Lee Kyonghee
TI - A Visual Grammar Analysis of a Comic Book Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984
JO - The Journal of Translation Studies
PY - 2022
VL - 23
IS - 2
PB - The Korean Association for Translation Studies
SP - 191
EP - 224
SN - 1229-795X
AB - This study analyzed elements of visual grammar in a comic book adaptation of George Orwell’s novel Nineteen Eighty Four, using Kress and van Leeuwen’s concept of the grammar of visual design. George Orwell’s work depicts the protagonist’s resistance and destruction under the rule of a dictator called ‘Big Brother’ in a fictional totalitarian state. In a comic book 1984, the original plot was maintained and the characteristics of the original were visualized by combining them with the elements of comics including verbal texts, images, panels, and gutters. The study confirmed that the composition of these elements has meaning potential in three meta-functions, in particular, the composition of panels plays the same role as a sentence in a novel or a scene in a movie, and serves as a basis for realizing meanings. Visual grammar may be a culture-specific or genre-specific concept, and the composition of images, verbal texts, and panels in comics may vary for regions. Therefore, it is necessary to consider the culture or genre-specific characteristics of the visual image. However, the concept of visual grammar can be a framework for analyzing the meaning of the visual language of comics.
KW - multimodality;adaptation;comics and visual grammar;ideational metafunction;interpersonal metafunction;textual metafunction
DO - 10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.007
ER -
Lee Kyonghee. (2022). A Visual Grammar Analysis of a Comic Book Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984. The Journal of Translation Studies, 23(2), 191-224.
Lee Kyonghee. 2022, "A Visual Grammar Analysis of a Comic Book Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984", The Journal of Translation Studies, vol.23, no.2 pp.191-224. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.007
Lee Kyonghee "A Visual Grammar Analysis of a Comic Book Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984" The Journal of Translation Studies 23.2 pp.191-224 (2022) : 191.
Lee Kyonghee. A Visual Grammar Analysis of a Comic Book Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984. 2022; 23(2), 191-224. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.007
Lee Kyonghee. "A Visual Grammar Analysis of a Comic Book Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984" The Journal of Translation Studies 23, no.2 (2022) : 191-224.doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.007
Lee Kyonghee. A Visual Grammar Analysis of a Comic Book Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984. The Journal of Translation Studies, 23(2), 191-224. doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.007
Lee Kyonghee. A Visual Grammar Analysis of a Comic Book Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984. The Journal of Translation Studies. 2022; 23(2) 191-224. doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.007
Lee Kyonghee. A Visual Grammar Analysis of a Comic Book Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984. 2022; 23(2), 191-224. Available from: doi:10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.007
Lee Kyonghee. "A Visual Grammar Analysis of a Comic Book Adaptation of George Orwell’s 1984" The Journal of Translation Studies 23, no.2 (2022) : 191-224.doi: 10.15749/jts.2022.23.2.007
