ENGL 2810Y Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: The Paper Bag Princess, Nursery Rhyme
23 Feb 2016
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An illustration tells at least two stories: Picture books are unlike any other art form. Content and form cannot be separated from another but exist in a dynamic relationship to each other. Subject matter and abstract ideas all enter into the total system of the artwork. They may cue use to frame certain expectations or draw certain inferences (words about pictures, p. 41) As nodelman puts it, the words and the pictures in picture books both define and amplify each other (words about pictures, p. viii) Most picture books are primarily concerned with telling a story but they do so in terms that imply a vast sophistication in regard to both visual and verbal codes (p. 21) Non-textual elements often communicate the mood or tone of the book in ways that are not communicated by the words themselves. These are largely the same as those you would see in any work of art: Colour, the use of light or darkness.
