Dedyukhina, Polina V. Interdisciplinary Approach to Wordless Novels of the First Half of the 20th Century Research

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Title Interdisciplinary Approach to Wordless Novels of the First Half of the 20th Century Research
Author email polina.dedykhina@gmail.com
About author Dedyukhina, Polina V. — Ph. D. Moscow State Stroganov Academy of Design and Applied Arts (Stroganov Academy), Volokolamskoe sh., 9, Moscow, Russian Federation, 125080. ORCID: 0000-0002-9586-4746
In the section Interdisciplinary Methods in the Research on Cultural Heritage DOI10.18688/aa2212-08-57
Year 2022 Volume 12 Pages 715–724
Type of article RAR Index UDK 76.01; 7.036.7; 761.1 Index BBK 85.15; 85.103(3)
Abstract

The article deals with the problem of studying such a complex phenomenon in graphic art of the first half of the 20th century, as a wordless novel. Both literature and visual art features, and their aesthetic potential are synthesized in wordless novels. Besides, it was also influenced by silent cinema. A wordless novel, in fact, is an extended graphic series, enclosed in a book form, consisted of a series of images connected by a single narrative. Images form a total artwork which consists of particular elements. It is important that such works do not have a textual basis, the verbal component in them is completely replaced by an image. Combining the features of various types of art, this genre, at the same time, does not apply to any of them. The most comprehensive study of it is possible only by combining of various approaches. Possible ways to study such pieces of art are presented in the article.
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Reference Dedyukhina, Polina V. Interdisciplinary Approach to Wordless Novels of the First Half of the 20th Century Research. Actual Problems of Theory and History of Art: Collection of articles. Vol. 12. Eds A. V. Zakharova, S. V. Maltseva, E. Iu. Staniukovich-Denisova. — St. Petersburg: St. Petersburg Univ. Press, 2022, pp. 715–724. ISSN 2312-2129. http://dx.doi.org/10.18688/aa2212-08-57
Publication Article language russian
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