Structural and Stylistic Components of the Comics in the Real Space of Formation of Spectacular Culture

Abstract

The purpose of the article is to identify and investigate the structural and stylistic components of the comics, its verbal and non-verbal components, as well as their use in the context of the formation of modern forms of stage and screen entertainment culture as a special visual phenomenon of today. The methodology is based on the use of dialectical, semiotic, analytical, and culturological methods for distinguish and systematise the structural-stylistic and compositional elements of the comics, which, thanks to their artistic features, are used in the formation of modern forms of stage and screen spectacular culture. The scientific novelty of the study lies in conducting the first cultural analysis of the synergy of comics and stage-screen forms of spectacular culture, as well as in the modern analysis and systematisation of the main compositional and structural-stylistic components of the comics; concepts such as "comic", "ideogram", and "creolised text" have been clarified and supplemented. Conclusions. The article reveals the peculiarities of modern varieties of the comics, as well as considers their influence on the formation of spectacular culture. The researched components of the comics, its verbal and non-verbal components, which are the basis of the general construction of the comics. The semiotic features of the use of ideograms, panels, phylacteries and creolised text in the composition of graphic stories are revealed, and the classification of the characteristics of pictorial lines is given. The use of structural and stylistic components of the comics as a special visual component in the real space of the formation of modern stage and screen forms of spectacular culture, namely in cinema, animated films, musicals, shows, and fashion shows, is considered. Keywords: comic, painting, ideogram, creolised text, spectacular forms, spectacular culture, audiovisual art, stage art, fashion show, stage and screen spectacle.