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- Title
Structural and Contextual Frameworks: Distinguishing Literal from Metaphorical Depictions of Exaggerated Size.
- Authors
CRAWFORD, CHRISTOPHER A.; JURICEVIC, IGOR
- Abstract
In 2016, the authors proposed the Contextual Framework and Structural Framework for understanding pictorial metaphors. These two dichotomous frameworks are especially useful for assessing the apprehension by viewers of pictorial devices that can be used either literally or metaphorically. One such pictorial device is exaggerated size--that is, depicting objects as being overly large. This pictorial device can be used metaphorically (e.g., to indicate importance) or literally (e.g., to depict a giant). We analyze three comic book covers from the Silver Age of American comic books using both frameworks to illustrate how observers distinguish metaphoric pictorial devices from literal ones.
- Subjects
COMMERCIAL broadcasting; COMIC book covers; METAPHOR; PSYCHOLOGY of art; COGNITION; LINGUISTICS
- Publication
Journal of the Indiana Academy of the Social Sciences, 2018, Vol 21, Issue 1, p64
- ISSN
1522-7030
- Publication type
Article