Sygnał w szumie — ukryte opowiadanie w komiksie Neila Gaimana

• Authors: Tuszyńska Kamila

Title variants

EN

Signal in Noise — the Hidden Story in the Comic by Neil Gaiman

• Languages of publication: PL

Abstracts

EN

"Signal to noise" by Neil Gaiman takes the game with his form, combines different media (comics, film, telephone, writing) and mixed species found within them. At the same time, this comic is part of a series of works by implementing a strategy for story within a story. The aim of this article is to study the relationship between the film script, which is hidden in the character’s head, and the second one — open, which will emerge only after his death. This relationship exposes the eternal impossibility of communication at different levels. From information theory of data transmission can be drawn the idea that in every field of human activity pattern can be applied to the signal to noise ratio. It allows distinguishing what is important, relevant, from what is unimportant, irrelevant. The communication problem is also elated to the question of information overload. And both of these concepts, i.e. the signal to noise ratio and information overload, are used in Gaiman's comic book.

Keywords

PL

"Signal to noise"; Neil Gaiman; komiks; komunikacja

EN

"Signal to noise"; Neil Gaiman; comic book; communication

• Publisher: Uniwersytet Warszawski / Instytut Badań Literackich PAN
• Journal: Napis. Pismo poświęcone literaturze okolicznościowej i użytkowej
• Year: 2011
• Issue: 17
• Pages: 277-286

Contributors

author

Tuszyńska Kamila

• Uniwersytet Warszawski