On polysemiotic interactions, visual paratexts and image-specific translation in comics: The case of Rodolfo Santullo and Matías Bergara’s dengue

Benjamin Fraser

doi:10.1386/stic_00006_1

On polysemiotic interactions, visual paratexts and image-specific translation in comics: The case of Rodolfo Santullo and Matías Bergara’s dengue

Benjamin Fraser

Spanish and Portuguese

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Abstract

The practice of translation in comics has received relatively little scholarly attention. This article focuses on translation decisions as they are carried out in the medium-specific interplay of words and images that constitutes the comics text. Using the case of Dengue (Santullo and Bergara) in both its Spanish (2012) and English (2015) versions, analysis explores how polysemiotic interactions, visual paratexts and image-specific translation inform the resulting graphic novel. Discussion centres on how the English version effects a significant thematic shift that is consistent across the cover art, frontmatter, chapter title pages, and individual panel rewordings.

Original language	English (US)
Pages (from-to)	277-293
Number of pages	17
Journal	Studies in Comics
Volume	10
Issue number	2
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1386/stic_00006_1
State	Published - Nov 2019

Keywords

Dengue
Graphic novel
Matías Bergara
Rodolfo Santullo
Translation
Uruguay
Visual paratexts

ASJC Scopus subject areas

Visual Arts and Performing Arts
Literature and Literary Theory

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