MULTIMODAL HUMOUR ON OVERPOPULATION IN JOEL PETT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CARTOONS
Cartoonists’ skill to reveal important problems, to influence and construct public opinion has become a great power. This study examines humour as a social instrument and focuses on the expression of humour, or irony in particular, in famous American cartoonist Joel Pett’s overpopulation cartoons. T...
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Kauno Kolegija (Kaunas University of Applied Sciences)
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| description | Cartoonists’ skill to reveal important problems, to influence and construct public opinion has become a great power. This study examines humour as a social instrument and focuses on the expression of humour, or irony in particular, in famous American cartoonist Joel Pett’s overpopulation cartoons. The analysis explores the role, interaction and synergic effect of verbal and visual modes in constructing an ironic attitude towards the negligence of urgent global issues. Four selected Joel Pett’s environmental cartoons are analysed in detail, examining their content, the incongruity between the implied and explicit messages, the verbal mode and its interplay with the pictorial signs, and the amusing effect which is achieved by multimodality. The message communicated via visual mode contributes to the context of the cartoon, helping the reader comprehend the implications, and correlates with the verbal means rendering its hilarious message. Multimodality is determined as an essential element that allowed the reader to perceive humour. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-776fff71d83443c88bbd4054abf7cd552025-01-31T10:29:10ZlitKauno Kolegija (Kaunas University of Applied Sciences)Mokslo Taikomieji Tyrimai Lietuvos Kolegijose1822-10682335-89042021-09-01117138146MULTIMODAL HUMOUR ON OVERPOPULATION IN JOEL PETT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CARTOONSŽivilė Nemickienė0Dovilė Urbonienė1Julija Zabielinaitė2Kaunas University of Applied Sciences, Vilnius University Kaunas Faculty Institute of LanguageVilnius University Kaunas Faculty Institute of LanguageVilnius University Kaunas Faculty Institute of LanguageCartoonists’ skill to reveal important problems, to influence and construct public opinion has become a great power. This study examines humour as a social instrument and focuses on the expression of humour, or irony in particular, in famous American cartoonist Joel Pett’s overpopulation cartoons. The analysis explores the role, interaction and synergic effect of verbal and visual modes in constructing an ironic attitude towards the negligence of urgent global issues. Four selected Joel Pett’s environmental cartoons are analysed in detail, examining their content, the incongruity between the implied and explicit messages, the verbal mode and its interplay with the pictorial signs, and the amusing effect which is achieved by multimodality. The message communicated via visual mode contributes to the context of the cartoon, helping the reader comprehend the implications, and correlates with the verbal means rendering its hilarious message. Multimodality is determined as an essential element that allowed the reader to perceive humour.http://ojs.kaunokolegija.lt/index.php/mttlk/article/view/440ironysatirehumourcartoonmultimodality |
| spellingShingle | Živilė Nemickienė Dovilė Urbonienė Julija Zabielinaitė MULTIMODAL HUMOUR ON OVERPOPULATION IN JOEL PETT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CARTOONS Mokslo Taikomieji Tyrimai Lietuvos Kolegijose irony satire humour cartoon multimodality |
| title | MULTIMODAL HUMOUR ON OVERPOPULATION IN JOEL PETT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CARTOONS |
| title_full | MULTIMODAL HUMOUR ON OVERPOPULATION IN JOEL PETT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CARTOONS |
| title_fullStr | MULTIMODAL HUMOUR ON OVERPOPULATION IN JOEL PETT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CARTOONS |
| title_full_unstemmed | MULTIMODAL HUMOUR ON OVERPOPULATION IN JOEL PETT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CARTOONS |
| title_short | MULTIMODAL HUMOUR ON OVERPOPULATION IN JOEL PETT’S ENVIRONMENTAL CARTOONS |
| title_sort | multimodal humour on overpopulation in joel pett s environmental cartoons |
| topic | irony satire humour cartoon multimodality |
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