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Now Hear This: Onomatopoeia, Emanata, Gitaigo, Giongo – Sound Effects in North American Comics and Japanese Manga and How They Impact the Reading Experience

Clopton, Kay Krystal
http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1525744652209227

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2018, Doctor of Philosophy, Ohio State University, Comparative Studies.
Sound effects in comics are an important aspect of comics storytelling that are often overlooked. This dissertation investigates sound effects – onomatopoeia, emanata, giongo, and gitaigo – in North American comics and Japanese manga, respectively. This dissertation analyzes these sound and emotive effects in order to understand how these sounds impact the reading experience. The first chapter is an overview of the theoretical terrain utilized for the dissertation. This not only includes silent film studies, sound studies, translation studies, and semiotics, but visual language theory and comics studies. The second chapter covers the history of sound in North American comics and Japanese manga, as well as how these sounds and effects function in their respective mediums. This includes the decrease of sound effects in North American comic books in the 1980s and early 1990s to its emergence and abundant use today. This also covers the changing landscape of sound in Japanese manga, and how new terms move from the page to the Japanese lexicon. In this chapter, a new term to describe North American effects that are not sounds but more stage directions is introduced. The following three chapters are analyses of examples from the different formats of comics available for readers. Chapter three analyzes seinen (men’s) and josei (women’s) manga in translation, comparing the usage of giongo (onomatopoeia) and gitaigo (mimetic emotional and/or action cues) in work targeting male and female audiences, respectively. Chapter four features analyses of North American comic strips and comic books, with a particular emphasis on the mechanics of onomatopoeia and emanata in comic strips as well as the changing landscape in Wonder Woman superhero comic books. Chapter five analyzes four graphic novels to better understand how four different autobiographical narratives utilize sound differently. In the examples chosen for the analyses chapters, a better understanding of how the choices made by these different artists impacts the way the narratives read are experienced. The use of these effects enlivens the reading experience, creating a backdrop or soundtrack for comics.
Maurice Stevens (Advisor)
Theresa Delgadillo (Committee Member)
Jared Gardner (Committee Member)
284 p.
Aesthetics; American Literature; Asian Literature; Comparative; Comparative Literature; Language Arts

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  • Clopton, K. K. (2018). Now Hear This: Onomatopoeia, Emanata, Gitaigo, Giongo – Sound Effects in North American Comics and Japanese Manga and How They Impact the Reading Experience [Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University]. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1525744652209227

    APA Style (7th edition)

  • Clopton, Kay. Now Hear This: Onomatopoeia, Emanata, Gitaigo, Giongo – Sound Effects in North American Comics and Japanese Manga and How They Impact the Reading Experience. 2018. Ohio State University, Doctoral dissertation. OhioLINK Electronic Theses and Dissertations Center, http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1525744652209227.

    MLA Style (8th edition)

  • Clopton, Kay. "Now Hear This: Onomatopoeia, Emanata, Gitaigo, Giongo – Sound Effects in North American Comics and Japanese Manga and How They Impact the Reading Experience." Doctoral dissertation, Ohio State University, 2018. http://rave.ohiolink.edu/etdc/view?acc_num=osu1525744652209227

    Chicago Manual of Style (17th edition)

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