CHAPTER II - LITERATURE REVIEW - Comics and Onomatopeia

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Chapter II elaborates key theories used to analyze research data focused on comics translation and onomatopoeia. The review introduces comics by tracing their historical development and describing their typical forms for different age groups, then narrows the discussion to the children’s comic Smurfs TheAstrosmurf as the study’s primary source. It further defines onomatopoeia as speech-based imitation of natural sounds, explains linguistic factors affecting sound representation, and discusses translation challenges and typographical conventions in comic contexts.

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CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW

2.1 Comics

2.2 Onomatopeia

CHAPTER II LITERATURE REVIEW In this chapter, there is an elaboration of the theory to analyze the data of this research. Since this study focused on comics translation and onomatopoeia, the following explanations are about those items in a bid to shed a light on the course of this research. 2.1 Comics This study took comic book as the primary source of data. Therefore, the researcher introduces the history and nature of comics to familiarize the terms. From online encyclopedia, ([www.Britannica.com](www.Britannica.com)), comic book is defined as abound of collection of comic strips, usually in chronological sequence, typically telling a single story or a series of different stories. According to Saraceni(2003, pp. 1-3) comics were first created in the last half of the nineteenth century in England; the first regular comic strip appeared in 1884 and featured the first comic’s hero, Ally Sloper. A few years later, in 1890, Comic Cutsappeared which many consider to be the world’s first regularly appearing comic. In the early 1930s some publishers began to collect newspaper comic strips into books, hence the term ‘comic book’ appeared. At the beginning of the 1980s, the Manga (Japanese word for ‘comics’), was introduced to the Western world, accompanied by an influx of Japanese animated cartoons to Europe and America. Nowadays, comic publisher has segmented all rounds of ages, from children to adults. There are some companies that create comic for children such as Walt Disney and Warner Brothers. Those comics usually portray animals as 11 12 their characters such as Mickey mouse or Tom & Jerry. In fact, children comic book tends to tell stories with a simple plot, for example, daily activities, fables, fairy tales and heroes. For teenagers, there are Marvels and DC comics that contain heroes as their theme, such as Iron man, the X-Men, and Batman, and the story is carrying a deeper tone than the children comic books. As for adult comics, it has its own category from the content. For an erotic comic it is worldwide known as Hentai, according to online oxford dictionary ([oxforddictionaries.com](oxforddictionaries.com)), it is defined as a Japanese term to describe any type of sexual desire or sexual act. However, adult comic is not all about erotic materials, some of it contains violent acts and inappropriate for the children to read. For example, Jojo’s bizarre adventure or Vagabond that contains many massacre and mutilation scene uncensored. On the other hand, this study focused on children comic titled SmurfsTheAstrosmurf, a story about the life of the tiny blue creatures. The comic chosen tells about the story of a Smurf who wanted to do a space journey. The Smurfs were first created by Belgian comic artist Peyo (Pierre culliford) in 1958, the Smurfs is a blue-skinned humanoid creature in white clothing called a"Schtroumpf" meaning sock. In this study, the comic is used to analyze the comic translation and the onomatopoeia in the comic book. 2.2 Onomatopeia According to Tsur (2006) onomatopoeia is the imitation of natural noises by speech sounds. Onomatopoeia is often used to imitate sound. Rosalina (2009) on her research stated that sound imitation caused by movement by characters, for 13 example, walking, kicking, hitting, evading punches, slap, and run. She further noted that “story tellers often to imitate the sound he tells, such as : door knocking tok, tok, tok, a klik when a key is opening something, bret sound when a cloth is ripped”. Mar’at (2005 cited in Rosalina, 2009), stated that the difference of those sounds may happen because of two factors: First, because the thing or the animal emits or produce a sound does not possess physical features similar to human. Second, because the phonological system is different for every language. According to Yule (2010)“it is difficult to understand the views expressed in the early ninetieth century over the 'tasteless innovation' of a word like handb

FAQs

What is the main focus of the literature review in this chapter?

The chapter reviews theory related to comics translation and onomatopoeia, providing background for analyzing the study’s data.

How does the chapter describe comics and their development?

It explains the history and nature of comics, including how comic books originated and how they are segmented for different age groups.

What does the chapter define as onomatopoeia and how is it used in comics?

Onomatopoeia is defined as imitation of natural noises through speech sounds, and it is discussed as a widely used device in comics both inside and outside speech bubbles.

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