EDITORIAL ASSESSMENT OF COMIC CREATING TECHNIQUES IN TH E BOOKS OF S. NURDQVIST ABOUT PETTSON AND FINDUS

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Zylevich Dina Pavlovna – PhD (Philology), Associate Professor, Assistant Professor, the Department of Editing and Publishing Technologie. Belarusian State Technological University (13a, Sverdlova str., 220006, Minsk, Republic of Belarus). E-mail: zylevichdina@gmail.com

 

DOI: https://doi.org/ 10.52065/2520-6729-2023-273-2-11 (In Belаrusian).

 

Key words: Zylevich D. P. Editorial assessment of comic creating techniques in the book of S. Nurdqvist about Pettson and Findus. Proceedings of BSTU, issue 4, Print- and Mediatechnologies, 2023, no. 2 (273), pp. 73–79. DOI: 10.52065/2520-6729-2023-273-2-11 (In Belаrusian).

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Abstract

The article is devoted to the analysis of the comic creating techniques in a series of books by Swedish writer and artist Sven Nordqvist about the elderly farmer Pettson and his cat Findus. Books in the series have been published in Belarusian since 2015. The analysis is made from the point of view of the editorial assessment of a work of fiction, which involves assessing the conformity of the work to the intended reader's address. The author of the article considers techniques of creating the comic, proves that they are accessible to both children and adults. So far as the publications of the series are picture books, the article analyzes the text and illustrations of S. Nurdqvist’s books. The article provides examples of such techniques of creating the comic as paradox, verbal comedy of the age, word substitution, anthropomorphism, fun ingenuity of the characters, absurdity, alogism, comic assumption, misunderstanding of the situation, etc. The comic of the illustrations is achieved thanks to peculiar manner of their performance and arrangement on the book spread, the presence of additional characters and lots of absurd entertaining details in the drawings. It is concluded that the humor of S. Nurdqvist performs entertaining and educational functions for readers of different ages. This author's books are perfect for family reading.

 

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