ABSTRACT

This paper undertakes a study of the Indian “So Sorry” political cartoon (politoon) series, drawing on the work of Russian acting theorist Konstantin Stanislavski. The paper aims to illuminate the cartoons through the prism of Stanislavski’s work. The contribution of this paper will be the application of some of Stanislavski’s key principles to the cartoon series. Thus the paper will provide an example of how Stanislavski’s work can be a useful theoretical framework in the field of media studies. For this study, I have chosen cartoons from the “So Sorry” politoons series, the highly popular political cartoons video series on Indian television. The sample of “So Sorry” politoons for this study is the video “Kamal ki Tsunami” (The Tsunami of Lotus Flower), which was screened on 4 June 2019. I interpret this video to further explore Stanislavski’s notions in the creation of cartoons and to understand the cartoonist´s imagination.

摘要

本文以俄罗斯代理理论家康斯坦丁·斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基（Konstantin Stanislavski）的著作为基础，对印度的“ So Sorry”政治漫画系列进行了研究。本文旨在通过斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基作品的棱镜来阐明这些漫画。本文的贡献将是斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基的一些关键原则在动画片系列中的应用。因此，本文将提供一个实例，说明斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基的工作如何成为媒体研究领域的有用理论框架。在这项研究中，我从“ So Sorry” politoons系列中挑选了动画片，这是印度电视上广受欢迎的政治动画片视频系列。这项研究的“ So Sorry”策略样本是视频“ Kamal ki Tsunami” （荷花海啸）于2019年6月4日放映。我对这段视频进行了解释，以进一步探索斯坦尼斯拉夫斯基的漫画创作理念，并理解漫画家的想象力。