A Multimodal Discourse Analysis of Figurative Tropes in Political Cartoons on Russia-Ukraine War | ||||
| مجلة کلية الآداب و العلوم الإنسانية جامعة قناة السويس | ||||
| Volume 7, Issue 48, January 2024, Page 121-149 PDF (872.01 K) | ||||
| Document Type: المقالة الأصلية | ||||
| DOI: 10.21608/jfhsc.2024.445291 | ||||
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| Author | ||||
| Nora Nabil Hassan* | ||||
| Abstract | ||||
| This research is a multimodal analysis of four figurative tropes (metaphor, metonym, synecdoche, and irony) in political cartoons concerned with the Russia-Ukraine war 2022. It investigates them and how they could communicate different meanings, perspectives, and ideologies. It is a descriptive qualitative research using the stratified random sampling technique to select six international cartoons published in English in different newspapers online, and the Cagle cartoon website. The study adopts Kress and van Leeuwen's (2001) multimodal discourse theory, and Chandler's (2007) major four figurative tropes: metaphor, metonym, synecdoche, and irony. Finally, it has been found that there is a variety of multimodal figurative tropes employed in the selected cartoons; and there is interaction between the verbal and visual resources contributing to arising the tropes. Moreover, they reflect different meanings, viewpoints of the cartoonists, and ideologies on the Russia-Ukraine war that are communicated to the viewers. | ||||
| Keywords | ||||
| Multimodality; Semiotics; Figurative Tropes; Metaphor, Metonym; Synecdoche; Irony; Russia-Ukraine War; Political Cartoon | ||||
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