Analysis on the Interpersonal Meaning of Western Political Cartoons in the Perspective of New Visual Grammar

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10.2991/assehr.k.201127.141How to use a DOI?

Keywords

new visual grammar, interpersonal meaning, political cartoons, picture analysis

Abstract

This study analyzes 16 cartoons from the website of American Political Cartoons in the perspective of new visual grammar. It discusses the Sino-US relations reflected by political cartoons. The construction of the interpersonal meaning of those cartoons is demonstrated from three aspects: the focalization system, the pathos system and the ambience system. The results show that Western political cartoons interact with readers from more than two visual angles. In the past, most scholars use traditional visual grammar to analyze pictures. This analysis, however, explores the new theoretical framework for picture analysis under the guide of the new visual grammar.

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© 2020, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.

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This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).

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TY  - CONF
AU  - Xiaojin Chen
PY  - 2020
DA  - 2020/11/28
TI  - Analysis on the Interpersonal Meaning of Western Political Cartoons in the Perspective of New Visual Grammar
BT  - Proceedings of the 2020 Conference on Education, Language and Inter-cultural Communication (ELIC 2020)
PB  - Atlantis Press
SP  - 706
EP  - 710
SN  - 2352-5398
UR  - https://doi.org/10.2991/assehr.k.201127.141
DO  - 10.2991/assehr.k.201127.141
ID  - Chen2020
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