Visual Fixation of the Epoch. About the Kukryniks Caricatures (1941–1945)

Occupation: Prof. of the Department of Psychology
Affiliation: Nosov Magnitogorsk State Technical University
Address: Russian Federation, Magnitogorsk

Sergei V. Musiychuk

Occupation: Assoc. Prof. of the Department of Management, Economics, Social and Humanitarian Disciplines
Affiliation: Sochi State University, Branch in Anapa
Address: Russian Federation, Anapa

Journal name

Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya

Edition

Issue 9

Pages

48-55

Abstract

The article substantiates the relevance of modern understanding of the social and communicative functions of military and political cartoons. The implicit meaning of the caricature is revealed in the game of meanings through the visual means and language forms that accompany the caricature. The author analyzes the specifics of Kukrynik's creativity and the process of their work on creating military and political cartoons. The novelty of the authors ' approach lies in the analysis of the means used by artists to achieve high motivational effectiveness of cartoons based on such techniques of wit as hint, literal metaphor, irony, word play. Cultural and historical symbols in the form of cartoons actualize the axiological sphere of the individual through the need for protection, positive social identity, the experience of collective emotions, based on the socio-cultural determination of historical memory.

Keywords

Kukryniksy, military-political caricature, techniques of wit, socio-political functions of the comic, pun, hint, irony

Received

27.04.2020

Publication date

21.09.2020

Number of characters

21724

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GOST	Musiychuk M., Musiychuk S. Visual Fixation of the Epoch. About the Kukryniks Caricatures (1941–1945) // Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya – 2020. – Issue 9 C. 48-55 [Electronic resource]. URL: http://ras.jes.su/socis/s013216250009468-7-1-en (circulation date: 19.04.2024). DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009468-7
MLA	Musiychuk, Mariya V., Musiychuk, Sergei V. "Visual Fixation of the Epoch. About the Kukryniks Caricatures (1941–1945)." Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya 9 (2020):48-55. DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009468-7
APA	Musiychuk M., Musiychuk S. (2020). Visual Fixation of the Epoch. About the Kukryniks Caricatures (1941–1945). Sotsiologicheskie issledovaniya (9), pp.48-55 DOI: 10.31857/S013216250009468-7

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