The JOURNEY metaphor in Marc-Antoine Mathieu’s graphic novel → ( Sens )

IF 0.7 3区文学 0 LANGUAGE & LINGUISTICS

Language and Literature Pub Date : 2025-10-01 DOI:10.1177/09639470251381545

Charles Forceville

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Abstract

Language is not necessary to narrate even quite complex tales; indeed, stories can be narrated completely visually. This paper analyses Marc-Antoine Mathieu’s entirely wordless → – also known as Sens – published in 2014, to demonstrate that viewers understand this graphic novel by drawing on (1) their knowledge of story conventions; (2) their comprehension of the ways in which the medium of the graphic novel is able to narrate; (3) their embodied awareness of image schemas, specifically the SOURCE-PATH-GOAL , FORCES , and BALANCE schemas that are at the root of the LIFE IS A JOURNEY metaphor; (4) familiarity with any other pertinent artistic texts and cultural knowledge they happen to be able to recruit. In this way, the paper aims to show the interrelation between visual communication and cognition; to contribute to the study of comics and graphic novels; and to pay tribute to Mathieu’s amazing work of art.

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马克·安东尼·马修图画小说中的旅程隐喻→（上）

即使是非常复杂的故事，也不需要语言来叙述；事实上，故事完全可以用视觉来叙述。本文分析了Marc-Antoine Mathieu于2014年出版的完全无字的《→》（也被称为Sens），以证明观众通过利用(1)他们对故事惯例的了解来理解这部漫画小说；(2)他们对漫画小说这种媒介的叙事方式的理解；(3)他们对意象图式的具体化意识，特别是作为“生命是旅程”隐喻根源的“源-路径-目标”、“力量”和“平衡”图式；(4)熟悉他们碰巧能够招募的任何其他相关艺术文本和文化知识。通过这种方式，本文旨在展示视觉传达与认知之间的相互关系；对漫画和图画小说的研究作出贡献；并向马修惊人的艺术作品致敬。

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