In this article we aim to investigate the comic potential of backronyms in French. Backronym are a linguistic phenomenon in which established acronyms are ingeniously reinterpreted to produce a comic effect.
Angela GRĂDINARU
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Motifs of Disguise/ Imitation in European Literary Tradition (From Antiquity to the Eighteenth Century): Comic Effect vs. Tragic Pathos [PDF]
The article defines and examines the connection between the disguise/imitation motifs and the categories of comic and tragic within European literary tradition (from Antiquity to the Eighteenth century).
Oleksandra Nikolova, Kateryna Vasylyna
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The Inferiority Complex of Homunculus in Hiromu Arakawa's Fullmetal Alchemist [PDF]
This article explores the causes and effects of inferiority complex in a character of a manga created by Hiromu Arakawa, Fullmetal Alchemist. Commonly seen as a child's play and underestimated by the society of literature, comic book or manga actually ...
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What kind of comic book’s character was best suited to small sheep farmers, what was their preferred color, and what were the combined effects of such characters and color on the farmers’ knowledge about small sheep farm management?
S. R. Satmoko, A. Jahi
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Where’s Morningside? Locating bro’Town in the ethnic genealogy of New Zealand/Aotearoa [PDF]
This article uses discourse analysis to locate animated primetime cartoon comedy bro'Town in terms of ethnicity and identification in both a local New Zealand/Aotearoa (NZ) and a global, postmodern, postcolonial media environment.
Bannister, Matthew
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An American Golem: Comic Books, Creation, and the Virtue of Escape in Michael Chabon’s The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay [PDF]
This thesis examines Michael Chabon’s defense of escapist stories as manifested in his Pulitzer Prize winning novel, The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay (2000).
McAllister, Mary
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The Comic Effect in David Lodge’s “Campus Trilogy”. Linguistic Means and Extralinguistic Factors [PDF]
Стаття присвячена аналізу комічного в художній літературі, зокрема аналізу мовних засобів і позамовних чинників, що підлягають комічному ефекту в досліджуваній трилогії.
Kozhemyako, N. V. +3 more
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Playing with the dead:transmedia narratives and the Walking Dead games [PDF]
This chapter discusses the theory and practice of transmedia narratives within the storyworld created by Robert Kirkman, Tony Moore and Charlie Adlard’s comics series The Walking Dead.
Austin, Hailey, Donald, Iain
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MAKNA TIPOGRAFI ONOMATOPOEIA PADA KOMIK “TIGAN NGASAK BATAVIAâ€
Typography is an element of study in visual communication design related to letter. One of the most uniqueapplications of typography is the combination of letter with sound (onomatopoeia).
Peter Ardhianto
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The Effect of Using Comic Strips on Students' Motivation in Mastering Vocabulary
This study focused on teaching vocabulary by using comic strips in Al-Manar Modern Islamic Boarding School Banda Aceh. The aims of study are to investigate whether it is effective to increase students’ motivation in mastering vocabulary by using comic strips and to find out the obstacles faced by the students in using them. The total population of this
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