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VYTAUTO DIDŽIOJO UNIVERSITETAS HUMANITARINIŲ MOKSLŲ FAKULTETAS ANGLŲ FILOLOGIJOS KATEDRA Indrė Cholopovaitė ARTO SPIEGELMANO GRAFINIO ROMANO „MAUS“ VIZUALIOJO STILIAUS IR JŪRATĖS JUŠKIENĖS BEI OLGOS LEMPERT VERTIMO ANALIZĖ Magistro baigiamasis darbas Taikomosios anglų kalbotyros studijų programa, valstybinis kodas 621Q30002 Filologijos studijų kryptis Vadovė Prof. dr. Milda Danytė ______________ ___________ (parašas) (data) Apginta doc. dr. R. Eidukevičienė______________ ____________ (Fakulteto dekanas) (parašas) (data) Kaunas, 2016 THE ANALYSIS OF THE VISUAL STYLE OF ART SPIEGELMAN’S GRAPHIC NOVEL MAUS AND OF ITS TRANSLATION INTO LITHUANIAN BY JŪRATĖ JUŠKIENĖ AND OLGA LEMPERT by Indrė Cholopovaitė Department of English Philology Vytautas Magnus University Master Thesis Supervisor: Prof. Dr. Milda Danytė May 2016 LIST OF FIGURES Figure 1. At the Circus in Hogan's Alley (Santo 2010) ....................................................................... 4 Figure 2. Walt Disney's Uncle Scrooge (2004: 1) ............................................................................... 5 Figure 3. The Adventures of Superman (October 1993), Batman (October 1994) Wonder Woman (March 1979) ....................................................................................................................................... 5 Figure 4. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 103) ........................................................................................... 8 Figure 5. Maus II (Spiegelman 1991: 4).............................................................................................. 9 Figure 6. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 82) ........................................................................................... 12 Figure 7. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 101; 103) ................................................................................. 13 Figure 8. Maus II (Spiegelman 1991: 43; 44; 46) ............................................................................. 13 Figure 9. Maus II (Spiegelman 1991: 41).......................................................................................... 14 Figure 10. Maus II (Spiegelman 1991: 134)...................................................................................... 14 Figure 11. Wonder Woman Annual (1988: 28; 25) ........................................................................... 17 Figure 12. Palestine (Sacco 2001: 3; 5) ............................................................................................ 17 Figure 13. Walt Disney's Disneyland (August 1960) ........................................................................ 17 Figure 14. The Amazing Spider-Man (1964: 5) ................................................................................. 18 Figure 15. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (1993: 111) .................................................... 18 Figure 16. Understanding Comics: The Invisible Art (1993: 128) .................................................... 19 Figure 17. The Walking Dead (2012) ................................................................................................ 19 Figure 18. Wonder Woman Annual (1988: 8; 34) ............................................................................. 20 Figure 19. The Amazing Spider-Man (1964: 5) ................................................................................. 20 Figure 20. The Walking Dead (2012) ................................................................................................ 21 Figure 21. The Walking Dead (2012) ................................................................................................ 21 Figure 22. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 68) ......................................................................................... 23 Figure 23. It's a Good Life, If You Don't Weaken: A Picture Novella (Seth 2003: 72) ..................... 24 Figure 24. Persepolis (Satrapi 2011: 50) ........................................................................................... 24 Figure 25. I Never Liked You (Brown 2002: 184−185) ..................................................................... 25 Figure 26. Palestine (Sacco 2001: 123) ............................................................................................ 25 Figure 27. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 32) ......................................................................................... 26 Figure 28. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 51) ......................................................................................... 26 Figure 29. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 80) ......................................................................................... 27 Figure 30. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 23) ......................................................................................... 27 Figure 31. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 159) ....................................................................................... 27 Figure 32. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 90) ......................................................................................... 28 Figure 33. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 36) ......................................................................................... 29 Figure 34. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 20) ......................................................................................... 29 Figure 35. Maus II (Spiegelman 1991: 91)........................................................................................ 30 Figure 36. Maus II (Spiegelman 1991: 35)........................................................................................ 30 Figure 37. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 46) ......................................................................................... 31 Figure 38. Persepolis (Satrapi 2011: 72−73) .................................................................................... 32 Figure 39. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 22) ......................................................................................... 32 Figure 40. Maus II (Spiegelman 1991: 34)........................................................................................ 33 Figure 41. Persepolis (Satrapi 2011: 50) ........................................................................................... 34 Figure 42. Maus II (Spiegelman 1991: 121)...................................................................................... 34 Figure 43. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 4) ........................................................................................... 34 Figure 44. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 16) ......................................................................................... 35 Figure 45. Maus II (Spiegelman 1991: 84)........................................................................................ 35 Figure 46. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 65) ......................................................................................... 57 Figure 47. Maus (Juškienė, Lempert 2012: 67) ................................................................................. 57 Figure 48. Maus I (Spiegelman 1986: 52) ......................................................................................... 58 Figure 49. Maus (Juškienė, Lempert 2012: 54) ................................................................................. 58 Figure 50. Maus II (Spiegelman 1991: 25)........................................................................................ 58 Figure 51. Maus (Juškienė, Lempert 2012: 185) ............................................................................... 58 Figure 52. Maus II (Spiegelman 1991: 43)........................................................................................ 59 Figure 53. Maus (Juškienė, Lempert 2012: 203) ............................................................................... 59 LIST OF TABLES Table 1. Examples of the interjection “okay” ................................................................................... 40 Table 2. Examples of the interjection “uh huh” ................................................................................ 41 Table 3. Examples of the interjection “well” .................................................................................... 42 Table 4. Examples of the interjection “hey” ..................................................................................... 42 Table 5. Examples of “ach” and its translation ................................................................................. 43 Table 6. Examples of other Yiddish interjections in English and Lithuanian ................................... 44 Table 7. Examples of American interjections ................................................................................... 45 Table 8. Examples of the imitation of sounds made by people ......................................................... 46 Table 9. Examples of imitation of sounds made by objects or actions ............................................. 47 Table 10. Examples of foreignisms in the source and target texts .................................................... 48 Table 11. Examples of taboo language in the source and target texts ............................................... 49 Table 12. Examples of the use of informal contractions ................................................................... 51 Table 13. Examples of General Extenders ........................................................................................ 53 Table 14. Examples of interruption in the English and Lithuanian
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