Proceedings of the International Conference on Language Phenomena in Multimodal Communication (KLUA 2018)

The Transformation of Women Objectification in Multimodal Literary Adaptation of Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel

Authors
Titien Diah Soelistyarini, Cindy Belinda Ramadhanty
Corresponding Author
Titien Diah Soelistyarini
Available Online July 2018.
DOI
10.2991/klua-18.2018.43How to use a DOI?
Keywords
graphic novel, literary adaptation, mise-en-page, multimodality, women objectification
Abstract

Traditionally, literary analyses have tended to concentrate on the analysis of narrative texts presented in words. However, many works of contemporary literature appeal to readers not only through texts, but also images and even audios. Graphic novel is a contemporary literary work that enables texts and images interact to create a complex whole. Adapted from a mash-up novel, Pride and Prejudice and Zombies: The Graphic Novel has shifted its mode of engagement from telling mode in narrative literature into showing mode in graphic adaptation. Focusing on women’s portrayal in the graphic novel adaptation, this paper discusses how the interaction of texts and images affect women objectification in the story. Hence, by applying Kress’ multimodality, Nussbaum’s objectification, and Kukkonen’s graphic novel theories, this paper reveals that the way visual and verbal modes complement each other to intensify the objectification depicted in the graphic novel.

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Volume Title
Proceedings of the International Conference on Language Phenomena in Multimodal Communication (KLUA 2018)
Series
Advances in Social Science, Education and Humanities Research
Publication Date
July 2018
ISBN
10.2991/klua-18.2018.43
ISSN
2352-5398
DOI
10.2991/klua-18.2018.43How to use a DOI?
Copyright
© 2018, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
Open Access
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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